30th Anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

15 April 2021 marks 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its historic reporting with over three hundred recommendations to end Black deaths in custody.

Three decades later, Australian First Nations peoples are dying in custody at horrendous rates, with over 470 lives lost in the last 30 years. Five First Nations peoples have died since March this year.

Common Grace resources

Please find attached resources from Common Grace on this 30th Anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody which may be found on the links below:

  document Common Grace 30 Years since Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (121 KB)  (Word)

  pdf Common Grace 30 Years since Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (229 KB)  (PDF).

NITV 

Former commissioner for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and current Labor Senator Patrick Dodson says continuing deaths in Australian prison cells are a national shame.

Read: ‘We’ve fallen down’: Patrick Dodson 30 years on from Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody By Sarah Collard, 13 APR 2021