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Death and dying in prison in Australia: national overview, 1980-1998
1National Deaths in Custody Monitoring & Research Program, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, Australia.
Abstract:
Author discusses the role of the Australian Institute of Criminology in monitoring deaths in people in custody in Australian prisons on a national basis. She provides an overview of deaths in prison custody between 1980 and 1998, noting a shift in the cause of death of Indigenous prisoners from natural causes to self-infliction.