Young, Black and Behind Bars

 

As the Black Lives Matter movement spreads across the globe, we investigate Australia’s Indigenous incarceration crisis.

Across Australia, Indigenous people are disproportionately arrested and locked up – some as young as 10 years old.

In this special report, former inmates reveal what it is like to be imprisoned as a child.

As the Black Lives Matter Movement resonates across the globe and Indigenous Australians lead nationwide protests, families describe the heartbreak of losing a loved one to a life behind bars.