Discrimination in Imprisonment of Indigenous People in Australia

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The indigenous populace of the nation of Australia are sentenced of criminalities and
wrongdoings and are confined at an inexplicably and bizarrely high rate in the nation of
Australia. The Australian Census in the year of 2016 provided that approximately 649,171
number of the indigenous populace, which includes the populace of the Torres Strait Island and
the Aborigine people of the country of Australia. The prison populace of such indigenous people
have amounted to an approximate percentage of 2.8 of the total populace of the nation.
According to the data provided by Australian Bureau of Statistics in the year of 2017, it is stated
that an approximate percentage of 28 of the populace of the Australian prisons, was in relation to
the indigenous people of the nation. The government of the nation of Australia and the local
populace consisting of the indigenous people have reacted to these inclinations with several
agendas and processes (Taylor and Guerin 2019).
There are individuals in the indigenous populace who suffer from disabilities. Such
individuals have been subjected to the sequence of incarceration and abuse. No proper
assistance were provided to such individuals. This resulted in the disproportionate number of the
indigenous populace in the penitentiaries of the nation of Australia. When there is such a huge
presence of the indigenous people in the prisons of the country of Australia, it generally gives
rise to the situation of mistreatment and racism. There is absenteeism of training programs for
the custodial staff in relation to the treatment of prisoners with any impairment or disability.
Hence, the disabled indigenous populace are treated in punitive rather than in a helpful manner
by the staff of the prisons. The lives of the indigenous people of the penitentiaries lingers to be
predominant with maltreatment and discrimination (Smirnov et. al. 2018).
The incarceration rate of the indigenous females in relation to the penitentiaries in the
nation of Australia was described as a national ignominy by June Oscar, the Social Justice

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Commissioner of the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander. Commissioner Oscar elevated
apprehensions regarding the over-representation of the females belonging to the indigenous
community in the penitentiaries of the nation of Australia. It was mentioned by her that the
complete disaster of the system of incarceration in the nation have led to an inconsistent impact.
The indigenous populace have been suffering because of such failure and recently, specifically
the females of the indigenous community have been in distress because of it. It was mentioned
that the course of the imprisonment and confinement highlights the methodical disparity that is
experienced by the populace if the Aboriginal community and the Island of the Torres Strait. It
was noted that there was an approximate upsurge of at least a percentage of 77 in relation to the
women in the penitentiaries. It was accounted for that the females of indigenous background are
contributes to such increase. It was highlighted that in the year of 2017, the western part of the
nation of Australia saw the highest rate regarding imprisonment in relation to the individuals
belonging to the Island of the Torres Strait and the Aboriginal community (Jones and Guthrie
2016).
At every point and phase of the system of the criminal justice, the populace of the
indigenous community are represented excessively. The people from the indigenous community
are imprisoned or confined based on trivial offences in relation to the morality or public order.
The imprisonment of the individuals of the indigenous community are usually not for longer time
periods, instead, the imprisonment rates are high because how often such individuals are
confined behind bars. The fact that such confinement of the populace of the indigenous
community happens systematically points to the truth that the choices made by the society are
influenced by discrimination and racism. The police of the nation are responsible for surveillance
and they authority have the authority to confine any individual. The determination of the charges