"Good kid, mad system": the role for health in reforming justice for vulnerable communities.

Jillian A Guthrie Ahigher than at any time since federation, and substantially higher than those inmostwestern European countries. Incarceration rates of Indigenous Australians match those of African Americans; these are the most intensely incarcerated subpopulations in the world. The over-representation of Indigenous Australians in all stages of the justice system is one of Australia’s most significant social justice issues. Australian governments are grappling with the costs of building new prisons and, more broadly, fulfilling “tough-on-crime” agendas. At the same time, human rights arguments for reducing overincarceration of Indigenous peoples are aligning with the economic imperatives to contain prison costs.