Prison crisis for Aboriginal women

RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE INDIGENOUS WOMEN PRISONER RATES:

- Fund community-led prevention and early intervention targeting domestic violence

- Review laws which disproportionately criminalise Aboriginal women

- Fully resource a national action plan to reduce indigenous over-imprisonment and violence rates

- Permanently reverse planned funding cuts to Legal Aid

- Overhaul police education, training and recruitment practices

- Prioritise diversionary options at all stages of the criminal process

- Amend bail and sentencing laws and processes to ensure informed consideration is given to the impact of imprisonment on dependent children.

Source: Human Rights Law Centre and Change the Record