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Call to end spit hood use after Samoan prisoner's death
The death of a female inmate who repeatedly claimed "I can't breathe" has sparke...
Rex Martinich 31 Oct 2025
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Justice advocates urge NT government to abandon "punitive attack on the rights, dignity, and lives of children" in the Territory
This report contains the name of deceased persons. The National Network has cond...
Giovanni Torre 28 Jul 2025
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Advocates urge Queensland spit hood ban as inquest into death in custody hears final witness
After over one month of hearings, on Tuesday the inquest into the death of mothe...
Giovanni Torre 21 May 2024
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"We want justice from this process": Selesa Tafaifa's family urge a ban on spit hoods at conclusion of inquest into her death
The family of Selesa Tafaifa, who died after being placed in a spit hood, have c...
Dechlan Brennan 18 May 2024
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Prison guard heard saying "we're suffocating her" on video of spit hood death
The family of Selesa Tafaifa has called for accountability during the second wee...
Giovanni Torre 18 Oct 2023
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Prison "never addressed" mental health of woman who died in spit hood

The family of a woman who died in custody while restrained and in a spit hood say her mental health issues were ignored while in prison. Selesa Tafaifa was 44 when she died in custody in Townsville on...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 11, 2023
'I can't breathe': family demands spit hood ban

When Selesa Tafaifa died in Townsville Women's Correctional Centre she was handcuffed and had a spit hood over her head. The inquest into 44-year-old Tafaifa's death on November 30, 2021, began in Que...

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Rudi Maxwell Oct 11, 2023
Coronial inquest into spit hood death begins in Townsville

The inquest into the 2021 death in custody of 44-year-old Selesa Tafaifa began Monday in Townsville. Ms Tafaifa died on 30 November 2021 in Townsville Women's Correctional Centre while restrained with...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 9, 2023
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