In Australia Aboriginal people are far more likely to be arrested than non-Aboriginal people, and account for a quarter of all deaths in custody. It has been said that “the Justice system of Australia still has a long way to go in responding effectively to the needs of Indigenous people trapped in the cycle of the criminal justice system and, more particularly, in preventing deaths in custody (Corrin and Douglas, 2008, p.531). Reasons for this can be attributed to the mistrust of the police, laws around drinking that are seen as unfair by the community, perceived double standards of those working in the police force, the failure of the justice system to implement alternatives to detaining and holding arrested people in custody, failure of police to assess health of people being detained, investigations that seem to be biased and not carried out ethically, and the failure of the justice…