Number of indigenous deaths in custody Australia 2008-2023

In 2022, a total of 33 indigenous Australians died in custody in Australia. This was the highest number of deaths in a single year between 2008 and July 2023. The number of Indigenous deaths in custody decreased to five the year prior. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are still disproportionately represented in the justice system and have poorer health outcomes than their non-Indigenous counterparts. This disparity has been recognized by contemporary Australian governments, with numerous initiatives and reports being commissioned to tackle these issues. However, to this day there remains a large gap in equality experienced by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Aboriginal incarceration rates The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report, which was published in 1991, was commissioned by the Australian Government to study the underlying issues leading to deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody. The report referred to the disproportionately high incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australian prisons and highlighted underlying social issues as well as gaps in health, life expectancy and education outcomes for Indigenous people. Despite the recommendations of the report, the rates of Aboriginal people in custody have since continued to increase and more than 547 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody since 1991. Closing the Gap In an effort to close the gap in disadvantage for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the federal, state and territory Governments made a commitment to work together around the Closing the Gap Framework in 2008. The goal of the framework was to improve key outcomes early childhood, schooling, health, economic participation, healthy homes, safe communities, and governance and leadership. Of the seven targets listed in the framework only the early childhood education enrollment and year 12 attainment targets were considered to be on track.

于2022年，澳大利亚共发生33起原住民在拘留期间死亡事件。这一数字为2008年至2023年7月间单年内死亡人数的最高记录。相较于前一年，原住民在拘留期间死亡的人数已降至5人。然而，原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民在司法系统中仍呈现出不成比例的代表性，且其健康状况劣于非原住民同胞。这一差异已为当代澳大利亚政府所认可，政府已启动多项举措并委托编写报告以应对这些问题。然而，时至今日，原住民与非原住民澳大利亚人在平等体验上仍存在较大差距。

原住民羁押率
1991年发布的皇家委员会关于原住民拘留期间死亡事件的报告，由澳大利亚政府委托，旨在研究导致原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民在拘留期间死亡的根本问题。报告指出，原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民在澳大利亚监狱中的羁押率不成比例地偏高，并指出了社会问题以及原住民在健康、预期寿命和教育成果等方面的不足。尽管报告提出了建议，但自那时起，原住民在拘留中的比率持续上升，自1991年以来已有超过547名原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民在拘留期间死亡。

缩小差距
为了缩小原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民在不利地位上的差距，联邦、州和领地政府在2008年承诺共同遵循缩小差距框架。该框架的目标是提升关键领域的成果，包括幼儿教育、学校教育、健康、经济参与、健康家园、安全社区以及治理和领导力。在框架中列出的七个目标中，仅有幼儿教育入学率和12年级达成率被视为正轨。