Institutional neglect has been exposed in the unnecessary and lonely death of a troubled Aboriginal woman at Silverwater Women’s Correctional Centre.
Prison officers failed to conduct checks while the Sydney mother fell gravely ill. Warning:this story contains images of an Aboriginal person who has died.
The mother of five died in a Sydney jail in the grip of delusions while prison officers failed to notice her collapse,a court heard.
A man has died at Hakea Prison in Perth’s south-east,becoming the second person to die in custody in Western Australia in less than a week.
A coroner found that Nelson,37,would still be alive if prison staff had responded to her cries for help. But WorkSafe closed the case without any charges.
Indigenous teenager Cleveland Dodd fatally self-harmed in custody in Perth. Now the state’s former prisons inspector has told an inquiry something must change.
Five police officers were taken to hospital after the arrest as a precaution.
Aunty Donnis Kerr says the death of her 32-year-old son,Joshua,is another example of authorities failing to act to prevent the deaths of Indigenous people in custody.
The inquest was held to investigate the deaths of two women who died in Queensland watch houses,with concerns raised about the care and supervision they received.
Staff at the maximum security facility in the city’s south-eastern suburbs provided first aid until paramedics arrived,but could not revive the 28-year-old.
Medication was withheld from detainees if they assaulted staff,an inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd has been told.