It's been almost a decade since David Dungay Jr died after being restrained by NSW prison officers.

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His family, including nephew Paul Silva, have spent their lives advocating for change, calling for justice over his death and those of the more than 600 others which have occurred since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1991.

There had been numerous reports, recommendations handed to various governments, apologies from police forces and corrections departments in this time but lives continued to be taken by a system that repeatedly failed Aboriginal people, Mr Silva said.

"Me, my family and many other families have bee

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