First Nations rehabilitation programs aren’t keeping people out of prison. Here’s what would help
- Written by Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
There are unprecedented numbers of First Nations people in prisons. In Australia, 37% of adults and 60% of young people aged 10-17 behind bars are First Nations, despite making up 3.4% and 6.2% of the Australian population respectively.
But what happens to people when they return to the community? There were 19,898 people released from Australian...













