An Indigenous man has died while in custody at Western Australia's Casuarina Prison.
The Department of Justice Western Australia said the 29-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell on Thursday morning.
Prison staff administered first aid until ambulance officers arrived to continue medical intervention, however the man was declared deceased at the scene by paramedics.
Western Australia police will prepare a report for the state coroner and the man's death will be subject to a coronial inquest.
There were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the man's death, according to preliminary reports.
According to the Australian Institute of Criminology there have been 16 Indigenous deaths in custody in 2026 and at least 634 since the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
