Australia still failing its indigenous

 Rates of Indigenous imprisonment, suicide and self-harm have risen over the past four years, and the number of Aboriginal children being taken into out-of-home care has tripled in the past 15 years. The child protection system’s efforts at prevention of removals and early intervention were clearly “not working” for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families.

 There are structural and systemic barriers that work against the well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

“Poorer outcomes are not due to people being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, but can be attributed to the additional personal challenges and structural barriers faced by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,” the commission chair, Michael Brennan, said.

Young Aboriginal and Islander people are still being jailed at 22 times the rate of non-Indigenous young people. The adult imprisonment rate increased 72% between 2000 and 2019, the report found.

Indigenous imprisonment, suicide and self-harm rates have risen, report finds | Indigenous Australians | The Guardian