Aboriginal people are overrepresented throughout the NSW criminal justice system, making up 24 per cent of its adult prisoners, and 52 per cent of juvenile detainees, despite being just 2.9 per cent of the state’s population. Both social and systemic issues contribute to this, including aspects of the justice system.
This plan sets out specific actions to be taken, or that have already been taken, to sustainably reduce Aboriginal incarceration. The plan has three main goals:
1. helping Aboriginal people avoid contact with the criminal justice system
2. reducing the length of time Aboriginal people spend in custody (on remand and convicted)
3. reducing the rate of Aboriginal reoffending
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