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New AIC report on deaths in custody 2023-24 released today

Link to: Deaths in custody in Australia 2023–24

Data from the most recent National Deaths in Custody Program Statistical Report, Deaths in custody in Australia 2023–24, show:

In 2023–24, there were 104 deaths in custody: 76 in prison custody, 27 in police custody or custody-related operations and one in youth detention.
Twenty-four deaths in custody in 2023‒24 were of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people—18 deaths in prison custody and five deaths in police custody. Of the 80 non-Indigenous deaths in custody, 58 were in prison custody and 22 in police custody.
The prison custody death rate decreased between 2022‒23 and 2023‒24 for Indigenous people (from 3.43 to 2.87 per 100,000 Indigenous population aged 18 years and over) and increased for non-Indigenous people (from 0.25 to 0.29 per 100,000 non-Indigenous population aged 18 years and over).

Read the AIC media release

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