Federal government introduces real-time reporting of deaths in custody | ABC News [Video]

For the first time, all deaths in custody will be reported in real-time in an effort to reduce mortality rates, particularly for Indigenous people.
More than 500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have lost their lives in the three decades since the royal commission into deaths in custody.

WARNING: This story contains images of Indigenous people who have died.

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