Statistical evidence has indicated that across Australian states and territories, Indigenous incarceration and recidivism rates are significantly higher than average. In Indigenous communities, there are high rates of poverty, substance abuse and unemployment. Moreover, poorer health and education standards have notably been contributing to factors that lead to crime. Despite the substantial number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait people engaged with the criminal justice system, they still confront inadequate resourced legal services. Research has demonstrated that there is extraordinary defiance of parity between the funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services and Legal Aid Commissions which can consequently affect their access to courts.
In Australia over one million people live in chronic deprivation. Indigenous Australians are among the population; they are more likely to experience severe disadvantages in comparison to non-indigenous Australians. In the Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities, there are clear, indubitable disparities encompassing indigenous health, education, housing and employment levels. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have experienced and encountered extensive inequalities in discrimination, racism and stigma. This conduct has evidently demonstrated its way through government