As per recent reports, the number of female prisoners that are
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders has increased by 20%
since last year. The rise comparatively bigger than the non-
Aboriginal women prisoners who have reported 3% rise since June
30 last year. The number has increased largely in the past 15
years and is raising alarm, said Eileen Baldry, the Prison
policy Expert of the University of NSW. She said the findings do
not mean that the Aboriginal women are more criminal. The rising
figures come from the fact that they are not given as much
social support as that given to general people. They undergo
high domestic violence, mental tortures, homelessness and
poverty. Statistics Bureau's report headed Prisoners in
Australia has suggested that the number of females in jails have
risen by 48% in past 10 years while the number for males has
soared by 29%. There are as much as 2201 females per year in
jails, said the reports. About 32% rise has been reported in
overall number of people behind bars since 2