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31y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of a ruptured large fusiform…
A 31-year-old man with long-standing intravenous drug use and hepatitis C died in prison custody from a ruptured mycotic aneurysm causing subarachnoid hemorrhage. He collapsed in his cell after lock-down without prior wa…
63y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
A 63-year-old male prisoner died suddenly from ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis while serving a 4-month custodial sentence. The coroner found the death was natural, occurring while the prisoner was…
60y · Male·Coronary artery atherosclerosis
William Elliot Preston, a 60-year-old male prisoner, collapsed suddenly in the prison kitchen and died from coronary artery atherosclerosis. He had severe coronary atherosclerosis identified on angiography during recent …
42y · Male·incised wound to the neck
Wesley Robert Jennings, a 42-year-old male with long-standing depression, anxiety, hepatitis C and substance use history, died by suicide by incised neck wound whilst on remand in prison. The coroner found no demonstrabl…
69y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
A 69-year-old male prisoner at Wolston Correctional Centre suffered acute myocardial infarction due to severe coronary atherosclerosis. He collapsed while standing outside his cell and was transported to Princess Alexand…
37y · Male·Posterior myocardial infarction consequent upon right coronary artery thrombosis…
Anthony Costelloe, a 37-year-old Aboriginal prisoner, died from myocardial infarction on 25 October 2002, less than 24 hours after presenting to the prison medical centre with chest pain. A registered nurse assessed him …
27y · Male·external blood loss due to laceration of right axillary artery from single gunsh…
Gregory Biggs, age 27, died from a gunshot wound to the upper right back inflicting a laceration of the right axillary artery. He was shot by Sergeant Samuel Cahir after being observed wielding samurai swords in Carlton …
65y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to or as a consequence of coronary atheroscleros…
Barry Hadlow, a 65-year-old prisoner with known coronary artery disease, presented to prison medical centre on 13 July 2007 with chest pain, coughing up blood, fever and shortness of breath. He was appropriately diagnose…
66y · Male·hepatorenal failure and biliary sepsis complicating common bile duct obstruction
A 66-year-old man incarcerated in Port Lincoln Prison died from hepatorenal failure and biliary sepsis complicating common bile duct obstruction. He presented with progressive jaundice, dark urine, and signs of liver fai…
Male·David Gurralpa: sudden heart attack (coronary atherosclerosis with long-standing…
Two deaths resulted from police restraint in prone positions. David Gurralpa, a 39-year-old Aboriginal man with pre-existing coronary artery disease, died of sudden cardiac arrest following police restraint during a dome…
75y · Male·disseminated carcinoma of the prostate gland
Gerard Grootveld, a 75-year-old prisoner, died from disseminated prostate cancer with bone metastases. Sentenced in July 2006 despite known advanced cancer and multiple comorbidities, his health rapidly deteriorated in c…
34y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy following hanging
Daniel O'Keeffe, a 34-year-old male with amphetamine abuse and depression, died from hypoxic encephalopathy following hanging in Adelaide Remand Centre on 7 February 2007. He had attempted self-harm twice in custody afte…
42y · Female·Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy with antecedent cause being self-caused near mis…
Tania Pauline Lioulios, a 42-year-old psychologist, died from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy following a self-inflicted hanging in a Corrective Services transport vehicle on 4 July 2008. She had presented to mental heal…
29y · Male·multiple drug toxicity (buprenorphine, oxazepam, diazepam, alprazolam, and methy…
John Frederick Wanganeen, a 29-year-old with documented heavy polysubstance use, died of multiple drug toxicity after injecting crushed buprenorphine tablets mixed with water while on home detention bail. Critical system…
26y · Male·severe closed head injury associated with severe fractures of the cranial vault …
Two remand prisoners died by jumping from mezzanine floors at Adelaide Remand Centre. Andrew Gill (26) died 2 June 2005 after jumping 1 June; Simon Schaer (70) died 15 December 2005. Critical failure: police possessed in…
51y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 51-year-old man on remand in prison died by hanging in his cell. He had a psychiatric history including depression and a family history of suicide, but showed no signs of self-harm risk during nine months of incarcerat…
31y · Male·Self-inflicted hanging
Samuel John Mills, a 31-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died by suicide in Lotus Glen Correctional Centre's medical ward in 2004. Staff provided adequate supervision on the day of death; Mills denied self-harm i…
66y · Female·Blood loss due to tearing of the spleen and fractured ribs occasioned by a motor…
Nola Walker, a 66-year-old retired nurse, died from splenic rupture and haemorrhage caused by blunt force trauma from a motor vehicle accident. She was involved in a minor crash, assessed by paramedics who found normal v…
37y · Male·Hanging
Robert Allen Johnson, aged 37, died by hanging in his prison cell at Yatala Labour Prison on 21 September 2005. He had been remanded in custody the previous day on serious charges. Upon admission, he was initially assess…
30y · Male·hanging
Arthur Smith, a 30-year-old man remanded in custody, died by hanging in Yatala Labour Prison on 13 January 2005. He had a complex psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, chronic depression, polysub…
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