by Doug Brown
The final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was published in April 1991.
The royal commission was established in October 1987 and conducted exhaustive inquiries into 99 deaths of Aborigines that occurred in police and prison custody from January 1, 1980, to May 31, 1989. The commission wrote a detailed report about each death.
In its final report, the commission examined the general issue of Aboriginal deaths in custody. The five-volume repor…
