Summary
This report marks the twentieth anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) and thus, 20 years of monitoring deaths in custody by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC). Through the National Deaths in Custody Program (NDICP), the AIC has been monitoring the extent and nature of all deaths that have occurred in prison, juvenile justice and police custody since 1992, with data also collected retrospectively back to 1 January 1980. The purpose of this program is to collect information about deaths in custody, analyse the circumstances of these deaths and report findings regularly to the Australian Government.