Government rejects calls to meet families ahead of Indigenous deaths in custody anniversary
The family members of First Nations people who have died in custody say they are disappointed the government rejected a call in the senate to meet with them on the anniversary of the Royal Commission into Indigenous Deaths in Custody handing down its findings in 1991. Latoya Rule's brother, Wayne 'Fella' Morrison died in 2016 just days after an altercation with corrections staff at an Adelaide prison left him brain dead. Deaths in custody advocate Latoya Rule with brother Wayne Fella Morrison who died in September 2016 after an altercation with guards at an Adelaide prison. (Supplied: Latoya ...