NATSILS welcomes the announcement that the Turnbull Government will ask the ALRC to examine factors leading to over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the prison systems but calls for more immediate steps

As the peak body for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services, NATSILS welcomes the announcement as Federal leadership is vitally important to drive a national, holistic and whole-of-government strategy to address imprisonment, violence, and the rates of children removed from their families.