MP Alan Tudge confirms death of prisoner with ‘very serious’ criminal record in Melbourne immigration detention centre

A prisoner with a “very serious criminal history” has died inside an immigration detention centre in Melbourne, police have confirmed.

Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge says the coroner will investigate the death of a prisoner at a Melbourne immigration detention centre. Picture: Martin Ollman/NCA NewsWire

A man with a “very serious criminal history” and who was set to be deported has died while being held at an immigration detention centre in Melbourne.

Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge said the prisoner, who was not an Australian, had a very serious criminal record and was scheduled to be kicked out of the country.

“Of course it is a concern – any death that occurs. There is no information to suggest that any protocol was broken,” he told the ABC.

“There will be a full coroner’s investigation into this to determine the cause of death and any lessons from it.”

Victoria Police confirmed the death occurred at the Broadmeadows immigration detention facility on Camp Rd, in Melbourne’s north, on Monday morning.

“Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the death of a man in a detention facility in Broadmeadows this morning,” a spokesman said.

“His death is not being treated as suspicious.”