Aborigine prison deaths a record

SYDNEY - The toll of Aborigines found dead in Australian jails last year was the highest number ever recorded, according to an…

SYDNEY - The toll of Aborigines found dead in Australian jails last year was the highest number ever recorded, according to an official report released yesterday.

The Australian Institute of Criminology report found Aboriginal prisoners were hangings themselves and dying from injury and illness at an alarming rate.

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