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Some Facts About Mandatory Sentencing of
Aboriginal people in the NT

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The Government has always known that mandatory sentencing was going to impact upon Aboriginal people.

In 1996, Mr Burke said on radio that the community would have "to deal with the reality, and this is two-thirds of our prison population is Aboriginal and mandatory sentencing is going to cause incredible costs to society in general".

Aboriginal people make up 73% of the Northern Territory's prison population .

NT Correctional Services reports that 78% of prisoners sentenced for a mandatory property offence as the major charge were Aboriginal.

DATA SOURCE: Territorians For Effective Sentencing,
http://ms.dcls.org.au

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