The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (ALSWA) is an organisation in Western Australia, founded in the early 1970s, that provides legal services to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. It receives financial grants from the Commonwealth Department of the Australian Attorney General and follows conditions required by that Department. It commenced its Custody Notification Service on 2 October 2019. The Western Aboriginal Legal Service was founded by Essie Coffey, George Winterton, Robert French and others. Winterton had previously been involved in providing pro bono (free) legal advice to Aboriginal people. The poverty and legal injustices suffered by Aboriginal people in the area were a contributing factor in the founders becoming involved in legal representation and advocacy for them; in 1969 Aboriginal people constituted 25% of the prison population in Western Australia, while being only 2.5% of the population. Curfews directed against Aboriginal people were common in some areas until the early 1970s, and detention without cause and unprovoked physical attacks by the police also occurred. More information...
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