Death of Indigenous inmate Bailey Mackander at Gosford hospital could have been avoided, inquest hears

An inquest into the death of an Indigenous inmate who jumped a fence during a hospital transfer in NSW has been told the incident was “avoidable”.

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died.

Bailey Mackander, 20, was on remand in the Central Coast’s Kariong Correctional Centre for drug and driving offences when he was taken to Gosford Hospital in November 2019.

NSW Deputy Coroner Elaine Truscott heard Mr Mackander had…