Australia: Practical Action Needed Now To Address ‘National Shame’ Of Aboriginal Imprisonment

Australia: Practical Action Needed Now To Address ‘National Shame’ Of Aboriginal Imprisonment   Delivering the 25th Lionel Murphy lecture last night, the Attorney-General Robert McClelland acknowledged that over-imprisonment causes more crime than it prevents and affirmed the need for all governments to work together to address the social causes of crime.   “The statistics are stark and the evidence about what works to break the cycle is compelling. There is no excuse for governments to delay...

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