Disability rights advocates are calling for the upcoming royal commission into the abuse of people with a disability to investigate the treatment of Indigenous prisoners.

The calls come as last week the Queensland Government came under pressure after it emerged an Indigenous teenager with an intellectual impairment had been held naked inside a maximum security police watch house in Brisbane.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians represent nearly 30 per cent of the country's adult prison population.

But advocates say those with a disability are even more likely to end up behind bars.

Guest: Damian Griffis, chief executive, First Peoples Disabilities Network Australia

Producer: Marina Freri