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The NSW government has defended the rate at which it is removing hanging points from jail cells, following revelations an Indigenous woman took her own life at Silverwater jail last week.
It is the second Indigenous death in custody to take place in the past week.
A budget estimates hearing on Tuesday heard an Indigenous woman in her 40s took her own life within days of an Indigenous man dying at Long Bay Hospital.
Long Bay Hospital is a non-acute 85-bed healthcare facility located on the Long Bay Correctional Complex in Malabar.
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Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Severin said Tamworth Correctional Centre had a minor works program that included removing hanging points. Similar programs are underway at Junee and Parklea correctional facilities.
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