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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 is that they say they were unable to see him for a year and a half due to COVID-19 restrictions. ....
Frank Gud Coleman, a 43-year-old Ngemba man, died on Thursday at Long Bay jail. Coleman, who was born in Brewarrina in northwest NSW and raised in Mount Druitt in western Sydney, is the ninth Indigenous person to die in an Australian prison since March. Frank Gud Coleman, a 43-year-old Ngemba man, died on Thursday at Long Bay jail sparking a call for a coronial inquest from his devastated family Mr Coleman (pictured) was found unresponsive in his Long Bay jail cell. He is the ninth Indigenous man to die in custody since March At least 478 Indigenous people have died in custody since the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. ....
Nine Aboriginal people have died in custody since March. We missed you too. Sign up to our newsletter, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter, so you always know where to find us. An Aboriginal man has died in custody. His death is the ninth Indigenous death in custody since March, six of which have been in New South Wales. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following story contains the name and photo of a person who has died. A Corrective Services NSW spokeswoman said the 43-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell in Sydney’s Long Bay Correctional Complex, early on Thursday morning, July 8. ....
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