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NSW prisons boss Peter Severin grilled after two Indigenous deaths in custody last week
Two Indigenous Australians died in custody in Sydney last week but the head of Corrective Services has defended the decision not to announce the deaths publicly.
Key points:
- The Corrective Services Commissioner said it was not the department’s policy to inform the public of deaths in custody
- The NSW coroner will investigate both deaths
- The Commissioner acknowledged “hanging points” still exist in some jail cells
A woman, 44, died in an apparent suicide in Silverwater Women’s Correctional Centre on Friday. She had been serving an eight-month sentence.
A man, 35, died three days earlier in a cell in Long Bay prison’s hospital.
He was being treated for “multiple” health issues but the exact nature of his death wasn’t disclosed.
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