Aboriginal prisoners and cognitive impairment: the impact of dual disadvantage on Social and Emotional Wellbeing

Shepherd, Stephane M.; Ogloff, James R. P.; Shea, Daniel E.; Pfeifer, Jeffrey E.; Paradies, Yin

doi:10.1111/jir.12357

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“…Shepherd and colleagues found that participants with cognitive impairment were more likely to report having an illness or disability over the past 12 months, with "[a] diminished level of wellbeing for cognitively impaired Indigenous participants" (Shepherd et al 2017). In that study cognitive impairment was also found to be associated with:…”

Section: Impact Of Imprisonment On Indigenous Australians With Intellmentioning

confidence: 71%

“…It follows that the health and wellbeing of Indigenous prisoners with intellectual disability must be nested within this context. However, the specific needs of Indigenous people in custody with intellectual disability and cognitive impairments are not only poorly understood, but the importance of the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates with intellectual disability has purportedly not been given "any substantive consideration" (Shepherd et al 2017;Maxwell et al 2013).…”

Section: Impact Of Imprisonment On Indigenous Australians With Intellmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Based on their findings, Shepherd and colleagues further concluded that "Possessing a cognitive disability in such environs with limited supports and inaccessible specialized services would increase the risk of problem behaviors such as alcohol and drug abuse" (Shepherd et al 2017).…”

Section: Impact Of Imprisonment On Indigenous Australians With Intellmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yet being imprisoned is another added form of the already layered and complex trauma experience for Indigenous Australian prisoners; another factor to detrimentally impact on Indigenous Australian prisoner's health and well-being (The SPRINT Project Team 2013). Therefore, "given that Indigenous Australians are already overrepresented in custody and continue to endure the deleterious impacts of colonization, it is important that their specific needs are safely managed in a culturally responsive manner" (Shepherd et al 2017)-and we would emphasize, in a rights-based manner. It follows that Indigenous prisoners are incarcerated in each one of Australia's 112 custodial facilities (as of 30 June 2016) (Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision 2017).…”

Section: A Brief Overview Of Indigenous Imprisonment In Australiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, possibly the most insightful empirical research into the health of Indigenous Australian prisoners with cognitive impairment was conducted in 2012 by Shepherd and colleagues who interviewed 122 adult Indigenous inmates remanded or sentenced in Victorian prisons (Shepherd et al 2017). Shepherd and colleagues found that participants with cognitive impairment were more likely to report having an illness or disability over the past 12 months, with "[a] diminished level of wellbeing for cognitively impaired Indigenous participants" (Shepherd et al 2017).…”

Section: Impact Of Imprisonment On Indigenous Australians With Intellmentioning

confidence: 99%

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This article reviews the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians with intellectual disability in the Australian prison system through a human rights lens. There is an information gap on this group of Australian prisoners in the health and disability literature and the multi-disciplinary criminal law and human rights law literature. This article will consider the context of Indigenous imprisonment in Australia and examine the status of prisoner health in that country, as well as the status of the health and wellbeing of prisoners with intellectual disability. It will then specifically explore the health, wellbeing and impact of imprisonment on Indigenous Australians with intellectual disability, and highlight how intersectional rights deficits (including health and human rights deficits) causally impact the ability of Indigenous Australians with intellectual disability to access due process, equal recognition and justice in the criminal justice and prison system. A central barrier to improving intersectional and discriminatory landscapes relating to health, human rights and justice for Indigenous Australian inmates with intellectual disability, and prisoners with intellectual disability more broadly in the Australian context, is the lack of sufficient governance and accountability mechanisms (including Indigenous-led mechanisms) to enforce the operationalisation of consistent, transparent, culturally responsive, rights-based remedies.

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Exposure to interpersonal racism and avoidance behaviours reported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability

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Using the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, this paper examines exposure to interpersonal racism and avoidance reported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities. We find that in 2014–2015, 32 per cent of people aged 15–64 without a disability experienced racism compared with 42 per cent of those with a disability. Half of those living with an intellectual or psychological disability reported racism, and about 20 per cent of those with any disability avoided settings such as healthcare, education or the general public due to past instances of racism, relative to 11 per cent of those without a disability. After adjusting for confounding factors and complex survey design, presence of a disability was associated with a 1.6–1.8 odds increase in exposure to racism, more frequent racist exposure and avoidance. Disability was further associated with an approximate doubling of the odds of reporting multi‐context avoidance and the likelihood of reporting both racism and avoidance in tandem. Severity of disability, higher numbers of disabling conditions and specific disability types were associated with increased odds of racism and avoidance. Independent of these effects, removal from one's natural family and identifying with homelands was strongly associated with racism and avoidance.

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Indigenous Youth Crime: An International Perspective

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Aboriginal prisoners and cognitive impairment: the impact of dual disadvantage on Social and Emotional Wellbeing

Abstract: Culturally responsive disability assistance should be available at all phases of the justice system for Indigenous people with cognitive impairment to ensure that equitable care is accessible and needs are addressed.

Cited by 24 publications

References 41 publications

Indigenous Australians, Intellectual Disability and Incarceration: A Confluence of Rights Violations

Indigenous Australians, Intellectual Disability and Incarceration: A Confluence of Rights Violations

Exposure to interpersonal racism and avoidance behaviours reported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability

Indigenous Youth Crime: An International Perspective

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