Tag Archives: Death in custody

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is "deeply concerned" after an Indigenous man died at Cessnock Correctional Centre yesterday.

A long-running inquest into the death of Aboriginal man Wayne Fella Morrison resumes for the first time since the pandemic, hearing concerns about staffing levels and training at the prison where he was pulled unresponsive from a van in 2016.

The inquest into the death of Wayne Fella Morrison has heard a correctional officer ‘advised’ authorities to stop uploading incident reports until they received legal advice.

An Aboriginal man who died in Victoria's largest jail last month gained 140 kilograms over his three years in the prison system, a coronial court has been told. Coroner Leveasque Peterson said she would most likely hold an inquest into the man's death …

The inquest heard from the deceased man's stepdaughter, Shianne Matheson, and his long-term partner, Regina Matheson, pictured here with his brother.( Queensland Ambulance Service says an Indigenous man who died in custody wasn't properly assessed by …

The fifth Indigenous death in custody in a month has provoked an outcry by Aboriginal leaders after a 45-year-old maximum security inmate died in a Western Australia prison last weekend.

The inquest has been delayed due to the 'complexity' of the case. The Victorian coroner says it will be held for at least three weeks in 2022. The Victorian Coroner's Court has delayed an inquest into the death of a Yorta Yorta woman, due to the case's …

Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has become emotional while addressing the latest Indigenous death in custody, calling it "another stab in the heart" to Indigenous Australians across the country.

The Indigenous community is calling for urgent, meaningful action as another Aboriginal man dies in police custody.

The woman was granted bail on Wednesday after a court heard she might have died if she remained in Canberra's jail.