Coronial inquest slams Yatala prison staff over Aboriginal man’s death in custody

An Aboriginal man who died in custody in Adelaide was subjected to “every historical and contemporary correctional failing of care”, a South Australian coronial inquest has found.

The man died in April 2015 at the Yatala Labour Prison in Adelaide, where he was being held in custody over a domestic violence charge.

ABC News has chosen not to name the deceased at the request of his family.

The inquest heard the man died after an act of self-harm, and that he had also suffered a recent heart attack.

The court…