Number of Indigenous deaths in custody Australia between 2008 and 2021 by type
Between 2008 and April 2021 a total of 87 Indigenous Australians died in custody due to medical issues. Aboriginal and Torres Strait people are disproportionately represented at all levels of the justice system in Australia. Just under two percent of the population in Australia is identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, but around 20 percent of the deaths in prison and deaths in police custody were of Indigenous people.
