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'Preventable tragedy': NSW government should be ‘ashamed’ by record deaths in custody figures
The highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody ever recorded by one state in...
Dechlan Brennan 15 Oct 2025
"Dearly loved" Aboriginal man deserved better healthcare in prison before his death
Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The following article c...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Dec 2024
Latest deaths in custody figures paint grim picture for Indigenous people
24 Indigenous people died in custody in 2023-24, new data has revealed. The numb...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Dec 2024
"Unsafe system" is seeing Aboriginal prisoners fall through cracks
Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The following article c...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Dec 2024
WA Justice Department objects to former minister Bill Johnston appearing at Cleveland Dodd inquest

The Western Australian Department of Justice has objected to former Corrections Minister Bill Johnston being requested to appear before the inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd, citing "irrelevanc...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 9, 2024
Queensland government perpetrating “industrial scale child abuse" by housing children in adult watchhouses

The horrific footage of a 14-year-old First Nations girl with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder being kept in an adult watchhouse in Cairns has seen rising criticism of the Queensland government's deci...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 18, 2024
3% prison tour a huge success

Dallas Woods, Nooky, and Angus Field, the Indigenous artists who comprise the collection 3%, recently performed at a number of Victorian prisons as part of 'Treaty Day In' and National Indigenous Time...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 28, 2023
Indigenous teenager dies days after being found unresponsive in custody

A 16-year-old Indigenous boy who last week was found unresponsive in a Western Australian youth detention facility has passed away in hospital.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Oct 20, 2023
Mum frustrated as inquest statement is rejected

The family and friends of an Indigenous man who died in police custody have been left angry and disappointed after the conclusion of a coronial inquest into his death.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 26, 2023
'Choke him out': cop yells before Indigenous man dies

An inquest into the death of a young Indigenous man has been shown body-worn video of Queensland officers putting him in a "choke hold" that is banned in other states.

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Rex Martinich Sep 11, 2023
A mother's nightmare as inquest into son's death begins

Raelene Nixon is living every parent's worst nightmare. She's preparing for a coronial inquest into the death of her son Steven."It's even worse than heartache, it's deeper than that," Ms Nixon told A...

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Rudi Maxwell Sep 11, 2023
WA authorities investigating death of Indigenous man at Albany Regional Prison

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.

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Aug 12, 2023
Indigenous man's spirit set to be put to rest in WA correctional facility smoking ceremony after death in custody

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...

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Aug 11, 2023
System failed Indigenous teen with tragic results

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...

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Rudi Maxwell Aug 11, 2023
'Masking great sadness': Indigenous man dies in custody

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.

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Kat Wong Jul 29, 2023
Another Indigenous man dies in Victorian custody

Another Indigenous man has died in Victorian custody, the state's corrections minister confirmed as he formally apologised on behalf of the government.

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Tara Cosoleto May 15, 2023
Coroner to rule on Indigenous death in custody

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.

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Tim Dornin (AAP) May 12, 2023
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