Aboriginal Australia: Five per cent of the population, almost 60 per cent of the prison inmates

Hundreds march through Brisbane on November 14, 2014, rallying against Indigenous deaths in custody. (AAP)

By Jason Thomas, SBS, Dec 2, 2014

More than half of young Australians in juvenile detention facilities identify Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, according to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released yesterday. 

In the June 2014 quarter, during an average night, 59 per cent of the 738 inmates aged 10-17 in detention (434 people) were Indigenous.