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The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report will be 30yrs old next April. That's a whole generation, but the recommendations still haven't been implemented. Our people continue to die because of the governments failures. #RCIADIC
It's important to remember the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was called because of Black activism. There was mob-led movement after 16-yo John Pat died in 1983, followed by more deaths in custody. Aunty Helen Corbett took it to the UN in 1987. #RCIADIC
The Royal Commission looked at 99 Black deaths in custody between 1980-1989, with so many deaths before that which go unrecorded. Black deaths in custody have been happening since invasion. Theres now been more than 439 Aboriginal deaths in custody since #RCIADIC report in 1991
#RCIADIC has a lot of important history about prisons in this colony, how racism & violence towards blackfullas is built into the walls of the justice system here since invasion. Police were the ones forcibly removing our kids for #StolenGenerations http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/rciadic
#RCIADIC made 339 recommendations. It’s said 78% of recs are implemented, but its a gammin review which only interviewed Governments. It says that Rec 60 (ending police violence & racism) has been fully implemented...this is not true
We know this because of the violence still being inflicted on our black bodies today. Here's an independent review of the #RCIADIC recommendations which tells a totally different story. The recommendations are not even close to being implemented https://changetherecord.org.au/RCIADIC
If #RCIADIC recommendations were implemented we know our Mum would still be here with us today. Rec 79 was for all states & territories to abolish the offence of public drunkenness. Today, still Victoria & Queensland have not (although Victoria has made the commitment)
A sad truth for so many other families. Only this year WA finally changed its laws about imprisoning mob for unpaid fines. #MsDhu died after being imprisoned for $3622 unpaid fines. Her family fought for this change for 6 years. It was #RCIADIC rec 121. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-17/wa-unpaid-fines-reforms-pass-wa-parliament-after-ms-dhu-death/12357888
How many of our people would still be alive today if police violence and racism ended in #RCIADIC in Rec 60. In 2004 TJ Hickey was thrown from his push bike and impaled on a fence whilst being chased by two NSW officers. His family still has no justice https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2020/02/14/tj-hickeys-family-renew-calls-parliamentary-inquiry-16-years-after-his-death1
If the #RCIADIC recommendations on diversion for young people were implemented then maybe these young fullas would still be with us today. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/12/drownings-of-boys-in-perth-being-treated-as-death-in-police-presence
#RCIADIC made many recommendations on health care in custody. The Guardian #DeathsInside found most black deaths in custody from 2008-2018 was failure to get adequate medical treatment.
This is because we’ve seen time and time again our mob’s health needs denied due to racism. The life of our Mum, but also Aunty Veronica Nelson Walker, David Dungay Jnr, Nathan Reynolds, Miss Dhu and so many more https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/11/the-story-of-david-dungay-and-an-indigenous-death-in-custody
Family’s endure coronial inquests in hopes for justice, only to have inadequate Coroner findings based off dodgy investigations, false statements and missing evidence https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/26/nsw-coroner-criticises-inadequate-care-given-to-tane-chatfield-prior-to-his-death-in-custody
Again we see the same recommendations from #RCIADIC report in 91 - To have all hanging points removed. But in 2020 corrective services say “it’s a heritage listed building and difficult to make changes to the architecture of a heritage listed building” #JusticeForTaneChatfield
