Thereâs a link between the over-policing of Indigenous kids and our people dying in custody TameekaTigheforIndigenousX Our childrenâs innocence is stolen, and the system presents them with a life in and out of prison âWe are the most incarcerated people on earth but we are not born to die in custody.â Photograph: David Gray/Getty Images âWe are the most incarcerated people on earth but we are not born to die in custody.â Photograph: David Gray/Getty Images Fri 30 Apr 2021 01.20 EDT First published on Fri 30 Apr 2021 00.40 EDT If Australia is serious about ending Black deaths in custody, we need to put an end to the overpolicing of Black communities. The criminalising of our children can kickstart a lifetime within the police and prison system.