WA man becomes fifth Indigenous person to die in custody since start of March

The spate of Aboriginal deaths in custody has been denounced by senator Pat Dodson as a ‘scandal’

An Indigenous inmate at Perth’s Casuarina prison has died in hospital, adding to a recent spate of Aboriginal deaths in custody.

The fifth death since the beginning of March involves a 45-year-old male inmate at Western Australia’s main maximum-security prison.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/04/wa-man-becomes-fifth-indigenous-person-to-die-in-custody-since-start-of-march