The provision of expert, culturally appropriate legal assistance is often critical to ensuring that Indigenous Australians, particularly younger offenders, are not drawn into the downward cycle that often commences with a prison sentence for a relatively minor offence. With respect to the scourge of family violence, which affects all communities, it is deplorable that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 34 times more likely to be hospitalised as a result of injuries caused by assault than non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Again, access to legal support may be critically important to survivors of family violence.
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