The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody 1987-1991 *******(brief description on essay) In October 1987, a Royal Commission was established to investigate 99 Aboriginal Deaths that occurred while in police custody or prison. The Commissioners made 339 recommendations but these have only been partially implemented. Today there are still difficulties arising within Indigenous Australian communities and prisons because the problem was not dealt with suitably in the past. ******* The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was …
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…processes that take place in order to achieve this. Bibliography www.aic.gov.au - Australian Institute of Criminology www.austlii.edu.au - Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation www.parliament.nsw.gov.au - Parliament of NSW, Article-April 1992 www.naa.gov.au - National Archives of Australia, Updated 2005 'Aboriginal Autonomy - Issues and Strategies', H.C. Coombs, 1994 Australian Print Group 'Generations of Resistance - Mabo and Justice', 3rd Edition, Lorna Lippmann, 1994 Longman Cheshire Pty Limited