Why '432 Indigenous deaths in custody' headlines can be deceiving
Notes on 6th June 5:50pm for the boys' gc 1.1 Summary of history - Basically, 1980s have high levels of ATSI death in history, so they created the ‘Royal Commission into ATSI Deaths in Custody’ and reported on the 99 deaths from 1980-1989 and found none of these due to police violence (see section 1.2) BUT there is apparently a lack of proper medical care for Indigenous - Then another report is made for the 1989-1996 period which found 96 deaths during this time (4). Notable findings: o Evidence against differential treatment based on race: § “The proportion of deaths in police and prison custody was similar for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Approximately one-third of deaths occurred in police custody while two-thirds of deaths occurred in prison” (4) § “Indigenous people were more likely to die from natural causes while non-indigenous people were more li...