Keeping First Nations people out of prison

Mar 03, 2015, 10:48 PM

ABC Radio National Law Report

Addiction, foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, loss of culture, a sense of hopelessness, mental health issues. How can we keep indigenous people with these sorts of complex needs out of prison?

In our third part of a series the Law Report looks at programs that help keep people out of the criminal justice treadmill in the Kimberleys in Western Australia.

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