Almost half of female deaths in custody are First Nations women
Neglect and racism are leading to the deaths of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander women in custody, a new study has found.
Source: womensagenda.com.au
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Leather Working Group to launch chain of custody project
Leather Working Group is to launch a new chain of custody project to drive transparency and provide a mechanism for verified green claims.
Source: just-style.com
As Governments Push Us "Back to Normal," Don't Forget About Prison Conditions
In a nation with the world’s largest prison population, decarceration must be our goal.
Source: truthout.org
She was arrested at a bar, then found hanging in a cell. Police haven't given her family answers.
The family of a woman who a police oversight organization says hanged herself while in custody claims there are inconsistencies in the police account and that the department is “hiding” facts. Ten days after the incident, the administration of Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Police Department have yet to release any public statement.
Source: stripes.com
Australia Indigenous deaths in custody: She died alone in a police cell, the victim of a problem Australia has had 30 years to fix
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned this story contains images of people who have died. Brisbane (CNN)Rebecca Maher didn't get to hold her youngest child. Australian child protection services took him away as soon as he was born, according to Tracey Hanshaw, from Indigenous rights advocacy group Justice Aunties. He was the third child Maher lost to officials, who intervened as she fought a drug addiction that started in her teens and ended with her death in a police cell at the age of 36. "Although Rebecca's children were not living with her at the time of her death, i...
Source: cnn.com