EPISODE · Sep 19, 2015 · 33 MIN
'Paperless arrests'
from Background Briefing · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Police in Darwin have jailed nearly 1,000 Aboriginal people under new public order laws that allow detention without an arrest warrant. Following a black death in custody, the coroner said the laws should be repealed because they perpetuate and entrench indigenous disadvantage. But the NT government is refusing to budge. So have 'paperless arrests' reduced crime? Wendy Carlisle investigates.
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