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I read this in the Brisbane Times :
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/aborigines-make-up-90-of-nt-prisons/200...

Almost 90 per cent of the prison population in the Northern Territory during 2005/06 was Aboriginal, up seven per cent on the previous year, according to an Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report released.

Aboriginals make up 27.8 per cent of the territory's population, according to the 2006 Census.

During the 2005/06 period, the report said only 252 of the 2,496 people behind bars were non-indigenous and 202 juveniles in prison were Aboriginal compared to 36 non-Aboriginal.

The report, titled Regional Statistics, Northern Territory, 2007, also showed 94.1 per cent of protective custodies during 2005/6 were for Aboriginal offenders.

The highest rate of protective custodies offending occurred in the Barkly region, followed by the Lower Top End and Darwin City.

A person is taken into protective custody when an officer believes they are intoxicated with alcohol or a drug while in a public place or trespassing on private property.

People placed in protective custody are taken to a "sobering up shelter" or a watch house until they are no longer intoxicated.

The ABS report also showed the death rate for the territory had gradually fallen since 2001 from 12 deaths per 10,000 to 10.7 deaths per 10,000 in 2005.

Aboriginal people remain over-represented with 46.1 per cent of the 985 reported deaths in 2005 being indigenous people, despite 2006 Census data showing only 27.8 per cent of persons in the territory are Aboriginal.

The report also shows Aboriginal births are higher with 40.6 per cent of the 2,659 babies born in 2006 being indigenous. When it came to education, the ratio of Aboriginal to non-Aboriginal students varied, the report said.

Generally, as the school level increased indigenous student participation decreased, so that by years 11 and 12, when more than 70 per cent of non-indigenous students attended school, only 30 per cent of Aboriginal students attended.

Only 8.8 per cent of student representation in higher education was indigenous.

The ABS report also said the Northern Territory had the nation's highest new business failure rate.