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Barriers Within Bars
New research on Indigenous people with disability in the Australian criminal justice system
NDRP Research Report
Content note
This research discusses incarceration, disability, racism, discrimination, violence, trauma and other experiences that some people may find distressing. The report includes information about support services.
Barriers Within Bars brings together research, lived experience and community knowledge to examine the systemic, social and cultural barriers experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability before, during and after incarceration. Led by Indigenous researchers with disability, the project highlights significant and preventable injustice and the need for change across justice, disability, health, housing and community systems.
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Access the report, literature review and evidence map on APO Disability Research Collection