'Abysmal': Pat Dodson condemns government audit of deaths in custody reform

Labor senator says an independent monitoring authority is needed to keep governments accountable

Labor senator Pat Dodson has described a government audit of deaths in custody reform as “pretty abysmal”, saying the lack of progress on reducing the Indigenous incarceration rate was “totally unsatisfactory.”

The government tabled the review on Thursday, after the Senate moved an order to produce the document, in response to reporting by Guardian Australia’s Deaths Inside project.

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