State and territory governments have been urged by their own officials to overhaul bail laws to help reduce the climbing incarceration rates of Indigenous people and meet key Closing the Gap targets.

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But they are unlikely to heed the advice, which is at odds with popular tough-on-crime measures introduced by jurisdictions in recent years.

Officials from every state and territory government were part of the working group which has delivered a report recommending imprisonment should be a last resort.

Alleged offenders should not be remanded for crimes unlikely to result in a custodial sentence, the report commissioned by the Standing Counci

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