South Australia's government will establish an advisory commission to work on lowering Aboriginal incarceration rates in the state.
The SA state budget includes $500,000 towards a commission into lowering Indigenous incarceration ratesA First Nations youth parliament member hopes the commission will help future generations
The state's Attorney-General, Kyam Maher, who is Indigenous, said Aboriginal people in South Australia were 12 times more likely to be incarcerated than non-Aboriginal people."We are not innately criminal people and, as a society, we need to do more about this." Mr Maher said he had been in discussions with Indigenous people in Canada and New Zealand about First Nations people and their contact with the justice system both in and out of prison.South Australia's Youth Parliament Governor Shania Richards said she felt hopeful, yet cautious, about the prospect of a commission into incarceration rates.
Shania Richards, a Ndgaju, Gubrun, Bulang, Mirning and Barngarla woman is the state's Youth Parliament Governor.
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