Stories that matter: learning from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s experiences of the criminal legal system

By Hilde Tubex, Lorana Bartels, Ashlee Curtis Hunter Culbong, Emma Tufuga

This research report describes the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with the criminal legal system in Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. The findings confirm the lasting impacts of colonisation and intergenerational trauma, which create the conditions that lead Indigenous people into engagement with the criminal legal system.