Calls to change justice system 'stacked against' indigenous Australians

Calls to change justice system 'stacked against' indigenous Australians

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Successive governments have struggled to narrow the chasm between indigenous and non-indigenous people in Australia.

The gap has been called a national shame – and nowhere is it more pronounced than in youth detention.

More than half the children locked up are indigenous – despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people making up only 3% of the population.

Produced and edited by Simon Atkinson.