Deaths in custody
New approach up north could combat WA’s youth crisis: former inspector
Indigenous teenager Cleveland Dodd fatally self-harmed in custody in Perth. Now the state’s former prisons inspector has told an inquiry something must change.
- by Aaron Bunch
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Man dies after swallowing cyanide during arrest in Macedon Ranges
Five police officers were taken to hospital after the arrest as a precaution.
- by Lachlan Abbott
An Indigenous man died slowly in his cell. A coroner says the prison could have prevented it
Aunty Donnis Kerr says the death of her 32-year-old son, Joshua, is another example of authorities failing to act to prevent the deaths of Indigenous people in custody.
- by Erin Pearson
Prisoners should be kept 72 hours, not 21 days: coroner
The inquest was held to investigate the deaths of two women who died in Queensland watch houses, with concerns raised about the care and supervision they received.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Third man in three months dies in Perth prison’s custody
Staff at the maximum security facility in the city’s south-eastern suburbs provided first aid until paramedics arrived, but could not revive the 28-year-old.
- by Jesinta Burton
Kids jailed in Unit 18 denied medication if they were violent, inquest told
Medication was withheld from detainees if they assaulted staff, an inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd has been told.
- by Aaron Bunch
Unit 18 ‘inhumane’ and a ‘war zone’ before Perth teen’s death
A nurse who tried to save an Indigenous teen who harmed himself in the youth wing of an adult prison has told an inquest the unit was like a war zone and conditions were inhumane.
- by Aaron Bunch
Ambulance cancelled for Indigenous man who later died in custody
A 28-year-old Noongar man who was handcuffed as he lost consciousness died after being arrested in Melbourne’s east last month.
- by Esther Linder
Perth man’s family say he died in custody ‘begging for his medication’
The grieving family of Indigenous father of three Wayne Ugle, who died while on remand for minor charges, alleges that he died begging for medical help which was withheld.
- by Aaron Bunch
‘A train wreck’: Opposition slams Unit 18 report, calls for facility to close
The damning findings about Cleveland Dodd’s final conscious moments showed a punitive, counterproductive system, not a rehabilitative one, the opposition says.
- by Holly Thompson
Family urges early release of Cleveland Dodd’s dad from prison on compassionate grounds
Youth detention expert and family advocate Gerry Georgatos said the man’s story was an example of the failures of the state’s youth justice system.
- by Hamish Hastie