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38y · Male·asphyxiation due to hanging
A 38-year-old remand prisoner with a long history of drug dependency died by asphyxiation from hanging in his cell at a metropolitan remand centre in September 2011. He had been assessed multiple times by the Risk Interv…
58y · Male·Metastatic colorectal cancer
Edward Tappe, a 58-year-old male prisoner with metastatic colorectal cancer, died in St Augustine's Ward at St Vincent's Hospital in May 2013. He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in July 2011, underwent hemicolectomy…
68y · Male·Metastatic gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma
Bassillios Byron Pantazis, a 68-year-old man in custody at Port Phillip Prison, died from metastatic gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma. He had multiple comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, and chron…
27y · Male·Toxicity to heroin
Nathan Chalkley, 27, died from heroin toxicity on 27 January 2007. He was released from Barwon Prison in October 2006 on parole after serving time for criminal offences. Despite engagement with corrections, a psychiatris…
50y · Male·multi-organ failure due to pancreatitis and generalised varicella zoster virus i…
Charles Andrew Tabb, a 50-year-old prisoner with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (diagnosed 13 years prior, treated with bone marrow transplants), died of multi-organ failure from pancreatitis and disseminated varicella zoster vi…
29y · Male·stab wound to the chest
Darren Parkes, a 29-year-old remanded prisoner at Port Phillip Prison, was fatally stabbed by another inmate in March 2006. Prior to his death, Parkes had communicated realistic, reality-based fears for his safety to mul…
32y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity (including heroin)
Kirk Steven Ardern, a 32-year-old male with a long history of opioid dependence and substance abuse, died from multiple drug toxicity (including heroin) three days after release from prison. Two critical clinical failure…
59y · Male·Disseminated carcinoma (metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin)
Robert Theodore Stewart was a 59-year-old man with metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary origin who died in custody at Port Phillip Prison on 19 December 2013. He had been incarcerated since 2008 and diagnosed with dis…
45y · Male·Hanging
Stephen Arthur Nit, a 45-year-old paramedic with a history of alcoholism, was placed in police custody in intoxicated state after a family dispute. Despite expressing suicidal ideation to mental health staff and police, …
75y · Male·Metastatic lung cancer
Patrick Hudd, a 75-year-old prisoner serving a 27-year sentence, died of metastatic lung cancer at Long Bay Correctional Centre. He was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer in 2012, received two courses of chemotherapy at…
55y · Male·bronchopneumonia complicating metastatic carcinoma of the right lung, with emphy…
Peter Alexander Clarke, a 55-year-old Aboriginal man and serving prisoner, died of bronchopneumonia complicating metastatic lung carcinoma with emphysema, coronary atherosclerosis and chronic pancreatitis. He presented t…
45y · Male·metastatic malignant melanoma
Craig Lingwood, a 45-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic melanoma in May 2011. He first complained of a suspicious mole (red, itchy, bleeding) in 2005-2006, but the prison doctor (Dr C.) assessed it as benign in Augu…
40y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck in circumstances of being hanged
Adam Omerovic, a 40-year-old man with a long history of depression, substance abuse, and prior suicide attempts, died by hanging in a Melbourne Assessment Prison cell on 23 March 2010. He had been remanded on armed robbe…
48y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease in association with Coronary Arteriosclerosis
A 48-year-old Aboriginal man died of ischaemic heart disease with coronary arteriosclerosis while in prison custody. He had significant pre-existing cardiac disease and was diagnosed with myocardial infarction in 1998, y…
33y · Female·multiple organ failure complicating sepsis in a woman with cirrhosis of the live…
Amy Tinker, a 33-year-old Aboriginal woman with unrecognised cirrhosis from chronic alcohol abuse, died from sepsis-related multi-organ failure while imprisoned. She had been admitted to Royal Perth Hospital in 2004 with…
32y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 32-year-old Japanese-American freelance photographer died by hanging in prison custody while remanded for importing prohibited material. He was comprehensively assessed on admission by experienced prison reception and …
38y · Male·Heart failure in a man with dilated cardiomyopathy and focal severe coronary art…
Anthony Axtell, a 38-year-old man with severe dilated cardiomyopathy from amphetamine use, died of heart failure while in prison custody. Initially treated successfully in 2002 with recovery to normal cardiac function by…
38y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Peter Philip Humes, a 38-year-old Aboriginal man, died by suicide by hanging in Hakea Prison while on remand. He was assessed by prison officer Trevena and nurse Lee on admission using the MR011 'At-Risk' checklist and d…
26y · Male·Gunshot wound to head
Wayne Joannou, 26, died from a gunshot wound to the head on 18 February 2005 when the Special Operations Group attempted his arrest. He was a known violent offender with a 10-year criminal history and substance abuse iss…
66y · Male·End stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
William Ernest Jolly, 66, died from end-stage COPD at Austin Hospital on 16 November 2012. He was serving a life sentence for murder, housed at Thomas Embling Hospital as a security patient with paranoid schizophrenia an…
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