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A coroner has called for a NSW prison to immediately stop using isolation cells after a mentally unwell man was placed in one and inadequately treated in 2019.

The family of a Ngemba man is calling for an immediate autopsy and coronial inquiry following his death in custody in a Sydney jail last week. Frank 'Gud' Coleman was found unresponsive in his cell at the Long Bay Correctional Complex on Thursday, July 8th. His family said they were in shock hearing the news as he was a healthy 43-year-old. “The Coroner has contacted us however time frames are still unknown for an autopsy. To date there has been no determination of cause of death and we are still left without answers,” his daughter Lakota Coleman said. Adding to the families' devastation...

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TRIGGER WARNING: This article discusses suicide A tribunal has found four nurses guilty of professional misconduct, after an Indigenous man they were supposed to be observing took his own life in 2017.  The body of the 49-year-old father was discovered in the morning of May 27. He had been admitted to an acute mental health ward several days previously, and was placed under level 3 observation, meaning nurses were required to check on him every half an hour.  The tribunal found that the nurses recorded the patient as "settled" or "sleeping" in their shift reports, but had not actually chec...

WARNING: This story contains details that may be distressing to some readers, and images of a person who has died. NSW Deputy Coroner Elaine Truscott opened the hearing by paying her respects to the Traditional Owners of the land, “which continue to be important today” and acknowledged Elders present in courtroom one of the NSW Coroner’s Court. Circumstances were avoidable Gosford Detectives’ Senior Constable Jesse Mears told the court on Monday the circumstances leading to Bailey’s death were “avoidable”.  Mr Mackander died on 5 November 2019 from injuries sustained after he f...