A new report from Amnesty International Australia has revealed that young Aboriginal people in Western Australia are 52 times more likely to be locked up than other young non indigenous Australians.
Although young Aboriginal people in Western Australian make up just 6 percent of 10 to 17 year olds in the state … they make up more than three-quarters of all young people in detention … and the number is growing.
Speaking from Perth Amnesty International Campaigner Rodney Dillon says the social impact of incarceration is being inherited by the next generation….