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The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report will be 30yrs old next April. That's a whole generation, but the recommendations still haven't been implemented. Our people continue to die because of the governments failures. #RCIADIC
It's important to remember the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was called because of Black activism. There was mob-led movement after 16-yo John Pat died in 1983, followed by more deaths in custody. Aunty Helen Corbett took it to the UN in 1987. #RCIADIC
The Royal Commission looked at 99 Black deaths in custody between 1980-1989, with so many deaths before that which go unrecorded. Black deaths in custody have been happening since invasion. Theres now been more than 439 Aboriginal deaths in custody since #RCIADIC report in 1991
I want to bring it back to #BlackLivesMatterAustralia and share some of the stories/voices of the families that I'm working closely with.
There's 438 black deaths since 1991. There are so many stories you should know. #SayTheirNames
There's 438 black deaths since 1991. There are so many stories you should know. #SayTheirNames
Blak deaths in custody continue at horrific rates - despite 29 years ago a Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody which set out a roadmap of why and how to prevent blak deaths. The 339 recommendations have been ignored. Read them here. austlii.edu.au/au/other/Indig…
Blak deaths in custody continue for many reasons but largely the systemic, structural & direct racism in the justice & coronial systems, lack of accountability & because we are mass incarcerated in the first place. Our mob are 28% of prisons but only 2% of the population.
