Aboriginal Death In Custody
The death in police custody of a disabled Aboriginal man continues to reverberate, with groups calling for an "immediate, independent, and transparent inquiry" into his death.
An Indigenous man has died after being restrained by police in custody in Mparntwe/Alice Springs. The man, who Guardian Australia has identified as a 24-year-old Aboriginal male from the town, died on...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised the following article contains the name and image of a person who has died. A directions hearing into the death in custody of 27-year-old Indig...
Following a morning filled with chaos and distress, the funeral of Cleveland Dodd will proceed as planned. In a surprising turn of events, authorities have reversed their last-minute decision to preve...
A 16-year-old Indigenous boy who last week was found unresponsive in a Western Australian youth detention facility has passed away in hospital.
Western Australian police are investigating the death of an Aboriginal man who was unable to be revived after being found in his prison cell on Thursday.
A smoking ceremony has been approved on Hakea Prison grounds for an Indigenous man who died whilst incarcerated last year. The family of Ricky Lee Cound, 22, who passed away in Hakea Prison on 25 Mar...
Suicide prevention experts believe failure to take cultural care seriously in prisons is costing lives. And, they say, if the federal government were to allow Medicare access to prisoners it could hel...
An Indigenous Canberran has passed away whilst in custody in a New South Wales prison after medical advice about his mental health was ignored.
An Indigenous man in custody had a mental health episode on a Sunday, received culturally unsafe care for a day, and was discharged from the clinic on the Tuesday.
Another Indigenous man has died in Victorian custody, the state's corrections minister confirmed as he formally apologised on behalf of the government.
A coroner is set to hand down findings into the death of an Indigenous man in custody in South Australia, more than four years after taking initial evidence in the case.
A Gunditjmara and Wiradjuri man who died in a Victorian jail on Sunday is being remembered as a skilled artist who helped his family rebuild their connection to culture.