Jailing the mentally ill

In the NT [Australia], almost two-thirds of prison inmates live with a mental illness – ABC News, an article by Indigenous affairs reporter Tahnee Jash:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/new-study-mental-illness-in-nt-prisons-first-nations/107155892

… the Northern Territory … has the highest incarceration rate in the country …

The majority of prisoners in the territory are Indigenous, and many do not speak English as their first or even second or third language …

—Tahnee Jash

Where is the ethics in all this?

Prison-industrial complex: 1
The rest of us (particularly marginalised groups): 0

One response to “Jailing the mentally ill”

  1. Catherin J Pascal Dunk Avatar

    This marks the 100th post on Growing the Future!

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