Deceased
Safar Ali
Demographics
25y, male
Date of death
2015-04-10
Finding date
2020-05-08
Cause of death
compression of the neck due to hanging
AI-generated summary
Safar Ali, a 25-year-old remand prisoner, died by hanging in his cell at Yatala Labour Prison on 10 April 2015. He had been remanded in custody following charges of attempted murder of his ex-partner. Initial assessments showed medium then low risk of self-harm; he was cleared from high-risk monitoring within weeks and placed in a working division in a single cell. On the day of death, he returned from court distressed after reading a newspaper article about his trial. He was found hanging from a bedsheet suspended from a cell shelf approximately two hours later. The coroner found the death could not have been predicted or prevented, as Mr Ali had shown no subsequent indication of self-harm risk despite underlying stress about his trial outcome. The coroner recommended continued vigilance for signs of distress when prisoners return from court and elimination of hanging points from all cells regardless of risk classification.
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