The full story...  Hopes hit film will help reduce Indigenous
prison rates  Bronwyn Herbert reported this story on Friday,
June 28, 2013 18:40:00  PETER LLOYD: The statistics are familiar
and disturbing: Aboriginal people make up 2.5 per cent of
Australia's population, yet account for almost a third of the
number of people in prison.  There are hopes that a program
being trialled among prisoners in Perth will help reduce the
disparity. It's based on the experiences of an Aboriginal actor
and the film about his life that has become something of an
underground hit.  Bronwyn Herbert's report begins with an
excerpt from that film.  CHARACTER 1: What's the matter my boy,
you got trouble anywhere?  CHARACTER 2: Wouldn't know where to
start.  BRONWYN HERBERT: The film Mad Bastards launched the
career of Dean Daley-Jones. He played the role of tormented
Aboriginal man TJ, in a script he helped write based on his own
experiences - angry outbursts, relationship breakdowns, and time
behind bars.  Now he's become a more