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Australian Aboriginal woman dies in police custody. What do you notice? (pic)
| cheese man | 10/30/25 |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 5:30 AM Author: cheese man (✅🍑) pic of the Aboriginal victim, Chelsea Bracken:
Young Aboriginal woman mourned after death in Tasmanian prison custody ABC reporter Madeleine Rojahn. By Madeleine Rojahn Topic:Black Deaths In Custody
In short Family and community members continue to grieve the loss of an Aboriginal woman who died in custody this week. The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service, which is providing support to the family and community, says Aboriginal people are five times more likely than other Tasmanians to be incarcerated. What's next? As the number of prisoners in Tasmania continues increasing, so does the number of Aboriginal people in custody, a national advocate for the rights of incarcerated women and girls says governments need to "invest in life" if they want to close the gap. Main Article The family of a Wiradjuri woman who died while in custody in Tasmania say she will be remembered "as a loving and vibrant individual" and have asked for respect while they grieve.
WARNING: This article contains the name and image of an Aboriginal person who has died.
Chelsea Bracken, 21, died in hospital on Monday, October 27, after suffering what authorities said was a "serious medical episode" at the Mary Hutchinson's Women's Prison in Risdon Vale, southern Tasmania, where she was being held on remand.
"Our Chelsea will be remembered as a loving and vibrant individual," the family said in a statement.
"With her passing, we would like the space to mourn and grieve her passing. At this time, we wish for respect, time and space." The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service (TALS) said it will also be supporting the Bracken family and the community "in this difficult time".
"This is a tragedy. The loss of Chelsea — at only 21 — will profoundly impact her family, friends and the community," TALS chief executive Jake Smith said.
"In Tasmania, Aboriginal people remain significantly over-represented in custody and are five times more likely to be in custody than non-Aboriginal people."
While the last Aboriginal death in custody in Tasmania is believed to be in the 1990s, the number of Aboriginal people in Tasmanian prisons continues to rise.
'Invest in life'
In the decade from 2012 to 2022, the number of Aboriginal people in Tasmanian prisons more than doubled from 73 to 154.
The latest data from the Department of Justice shows in the period from April to September 2025, 214 prisoners were Aboriginal, making up 27 per cent of total Tasmanian prisoners — a three per cent increase on the prior year.
"When an Aboriginal woman dies in custody, we have to understand that as the outcome of systemic neglect and discrimination, not an individual tragedy," said Debbie Kilroy from Sisters Inside, a national Aboriginal-led organisation supporting and advocating for the rights of women and girls in prison.
Ms Kilroy said due to colonisation and dispossession, Aboriginal people were more likely to experience instability throughout their lives, leading to their higher incarceration rates.
"Aboriginal women are the fastest growing prison population in this country, and that's because the system criminalised the very conditions of Aboriginal women — survival, poverty, racism, homelessness, [and] trauma," she said.
"You can't close the gap by locking people up.
"You close the gap by investing in life — in housing and education and community-led programmes and cultural healing and safety." Two support workers for entire state 'simply not enough'
The latest Closing the Gap report shows Australia is only on track to meet four out of 19 targets.
TALS's Jake Smith said the death of Ms Bracken shows "the Tasmanian government have a lot more work to do to increase the supports available", with there being only two Aboriginal support workers across the state.
"With that number [of Aboriginal prisoners] continuing to increase, the government have a lot more work to do to see that number reduce and actually come through with their commitment to close the gap."
The number of prisoners in Tasmania continues to increase each year, with a 51 per cent reoffending rate contributing to that.
Every year, Tasmania spends $172,379 per prisoner, the second-highest amount of any Australian state or territory, according to the Justice Reform Initiative.
Government investing in 'early intervention, diversion'
In a statement, a spokesperson said the government wishes to "express our sincere condolences to the family who has suffered a tragic loss".
"The government funds a range of supports across the justice system, including direct funding for TALS to employ Aboriginal Wellbeing Officers.
"The government also invests in numerous programs for early intervention and diversion away from prison.
"The incarceration of any person in prison, either on remand or as a convicted prisoner, is a matter for the courts." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-30/death-in-custody-chelsea-bracken-indigenous-incarceration/105950914 |
Date: October 30th, 2025 5:56 AM Author: Charlie Kirk Did Nothing Wrong (TDNW) wtf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791573&forum_id=2...id.#49387067) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 7:18 AM Author: cheese man (✅🍑) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791573&forum_id=2...id.#49387196) |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 7:40 AM Author: Louis Poasteur Search for "Australian aboriginal medical graduates" and you get pictures and stories like this:
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2014/12/record-number-of-indigenous-doctors-graduate-from-unsw |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 7:59 AM Author: cheese man (✅🍑) absolutely ridiculous (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791573&forum_id=2...id.#49387236) |