Qld imprisonment rate of female indigenous offenders triples in 14 years
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The imprisonment of female Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Queensland has tripled in the past 14 years, despite a reduction in Indigenous offending over that time, a Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council report shows.
Connecting the dots: The sentencing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Queensland shows despite fewer Indigenous people offending, they were more likely to be imprisoned.
Indigenous people are still being over-represented in Queensland prisons.
Credit:Greg Henderson
Qld imprisonment rate of female indigenous offenders triples in 14 years
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