A) Support ATSILS to provide legal assistance to families of deceased individuals in coronial inquiries, and to support clients involved in complex and/or expensive criminal cases (2021-22 to 2024-25)
B) Support ATSILS to ensure First Nations families can access culturally appropriate and timely legal assistance before, during and after coronial processes (2022-23 to 2024-25)
Funding ATSILS to provide appropriate legal representation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients involved in complex and/or expensive criminal cases, and provide culturally appropriate legal assistance services to First Nations families through coronial inquiries, supports the identification and resolution of systemic issues which drive deaths in custody and over-incarceration.
Support ATSILS to provide legal assistance to families in coronial inquiries and during the process
Action description:
Outcome:
Outcome 10
Outcome 11
Status:
New
Is this Indigenous specific?:
Yes
Indicators:
Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people convicted and sentenced (by offence and type of sentence) (Outcome10), Proportion of prisoners by legal status (sentenced vs unsentenced) and by sentence length (Outcome10), Un-sentenced detention rates (Outcome11), Average time in detention for unsentenced youth (Outcome11)
Responsible Ministers:
Attorney-General
Resourcing:
A) $9.3 million over four years from 2021-22 to 2024-25
B) $13.5 million over three years from 2022-23 to 2024-25
Delivery timeframe:
2021-22 to 2024-25
Agency:
Attorney-General's Department