Aboriginal deaths in custody numbers rise sharply over past five
years  Updated May 24, 2013 18:34:18    But there has been a
spike in the number Indigenous deaths in custody, in line with
an almost doubling of the number of Aboriginal Australians being
locked up.  The findings come two decades after the landmark
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, which made
339 recommendations for reform - most of which have not been
implemented.  Around 30,000 people are behind bars, and
Indigenous inmates account for a quarter of the prison
population but only 2 per cent of the general population.  "It
hasn't been getting better, it's been getting worse despite, I
think, a lot of attempts by governments and agencies to try and
bring that down," AIC director Dr Adam Tomison said.  The
National Deaths in Custody Program Monitoring Report has found
Indigenous death-in-custody rates have decreased over the past
decade but risen again recently.  The report found:    • Almost
1,400 deaths in prison custody have