Deaths in custody
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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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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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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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
An Indigenous man died slowly in his cell. A coroner says the prison could have prevented it
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.
- Erin Pearson
Prisoners should be kept 72 hours, not 21 days: coroner
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.
- Cheryl Goodenough
Third man in three months dies in Perth prison’s custody
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.
- Jesinta Burton
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