Deaths in custody
Grieving grandfather demands answers after death in custody of disabled Indigenous man
The devastated grandfather of an Alice Springs man who died in police custody is desperate for “answers and justice” over the tragedy.
- Grant McArthur
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Indigenous Alice Springs man who died in police custody was ‘on the ground for a number of minutes’
NT Police Assistant Commissioner Travis Wurst said police had drawn fresh conclusions after reviewing CCTV and body-worn camera footage from security guards.
- Lachlan Abbott and Alexander Darling
Police pursuit ends in man’s death after self-inflicted injuries, Tasering
A 36-year-old man has died after he injured himself and was Tasered inside a shopping centre toilet block.
- Cassandra Morgan
WA’s notorious Unit 18 should close despite positive changes, review finds
There have been significant improvements in the management of young people in detention, a new review has found – but Unit 18 should still close.
- Holly Thompson
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- Courts
Tammy Shipley’s final moments in Sydney jail cell recorded in CCTV footage
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.
- Patrick Begley
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- Prisons
Tammy was sent to jail for a $23.10 theft. After a cascade of errors, she died there
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.
- Patrick Begley
Man becomes second person to die in Perth prison custody in less than a week
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.
- Jesinta Burton
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- Justice
Mother’s disgust after WorkSafe refuses to lay charges over Veronica Nelson’s death
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.
- Erin Pearson
New approach up north could combat WA’s youth crisis: former inspector
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.
- Aaron Bunch
Man dies after swallowing cyanide during arrest in Macedon Ranges
Five police officers were taken to hospital after the arrest as a precaution.
- Lachlan Abbott
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