Death of young Indigenous man in far north Queensland prison under investigation

Giovanni Torre
Giovanni Torre Published May 11, 2026 at 2.15pm (AWST)

A young Indigenous man recently died in custody at Queensland's Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, it emerged on Monday.

Queensland Police, who are preparing a report for the coroner on the May 1 death of the 27-year-old man, said the death was "not suspicious".

"This is standard practice for all deaths in custody," a Queensland Corrective Services spokesperson said in a statement.

"Support is available to the responding officers and their colleagues."

The young man was from Normanton.

According to Queensland government data, around 70 per cent per cent of Lotus Glen's prison population are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

14 Indigenous people have died in custody across Australia to date this year, and well over 600 have died in custody since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody brought down its findings and issued hundreds of recommendations for reform in 1991; many of which remain unimplemented.

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