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Did you know?
Between 2000 and 2010 the Indigenous imprisonment rate in Australia rose by 55%
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60% of Indigenous boys and 25% of Indigenous girls are in contact with the juvenile justice system by the time they are 17
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Did you know?
It costs $650 a day to imprison a young person; $238,000 a year
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In WA, Indigenous young people make up 81.7% of the prison population
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The custody rate of young Indigenous people is 28 times higher than non-Indigenous
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Did you know?
In Australia today, Indigenous 10 – 17 year olds make up only 4% of the population but 51% of the juvenile detention population
