Abstract
The National Deaths in Custody Program has monitored the extent and nature of deaths occurring in prison, police custody and youth detention in Australia since 1980. The Australian Institute of Criminology has coordinated the program since its establishment in 1992, the result of a recommendation made the previous year by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. 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. In total, there were 24 Indigenous deaths and 80 non-Indigenous deaths in custody. This report contains detailed information on these deaths and compares the findings with longer term trends.
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Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Definition of a death in custody
- Data collection
- Scope
- Considerations
- Changes from previous report
- Deaths in custody 2023–24
- Deaths in prison custody
- Deaths in police custody and custody-related operations
- Indigenous deaths in custody 2023–24
- Indigenous deaths in prison custody
- Indigenous deaths in police custody and custody-related operations
- Non-Indigenous deaths in custody 2023–24
- Non-Indigenous deaths in prison custody
- Non-Indigenous deaths in police custody and custody-related operations
- References
- Appendix A: Methodology
- Data items and coding
- Data revisions
- Calculation of death rates and population rates
- Appendix B: Data tables