A 40-year-old Aboriginal woman has died in Western Australia's Bandyup women's prison.
The woman, the second Aboriginal woman to die in the prison is less than five weeks, was found unresponsive in her bed on Saturday morning.
The WA Department of Justice said Bandyup staff administered first aid until St John Ambulance officers arrived at the facility to continue medical intervention.
"The woman was declared deceased and preliminary reports indicate there were no suspicious circumstances," a Department spokesperson said.
WA Police will prepare a report for the State Coroner, as is mandatory for all deaths in custody.
It is the second death of an Aboriginal woman at Bandyup in just over one month, following the death in custody of Patricia Howell in March.
Earlier this week, 34 Aboriginal community leaders, human rights experts, justice advocates and other notable Western Australians issued a call for urgent reforms in an open letter to the state's government on the 35th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
On Tuesday evening, a vigil was held outside Bandyup for Ms Howell, calling for justice and accountability for Aboriginal deaths in custody.
More than 630 Indigenous people have died in custody across Australia since the Royal Commission brought down its findings and issued over 300 recommendations for reform in April, 1991. Many of the recommendations remain unimplemented 35 years on.
