Coroner's Finding: SCIACIA Marcielo Marstroianani

29y · Male·acute neck compression due to hanging

A 29-year-old Maori man died by hanging in Adelaide Remand Centre while in custody awaiting trial for domestic violence assault. He had been increasingly distressed about separation from his children and made multiple phone calls expressing suicidal ideation. The prison stress screening form was completed with findings indicating risk, but the correctional officer misunderstood the form and did not flag him as at-risk; however, subsequent nursing and medical assessments found no acute concerns. The day before his death, the film 'Once Were Warriors'—depicting domestic violence, sexual violence, and suicide—was screened as general prison entertainment despite being rated MA and breaching prison policy. While no causal link could be established between the film and his death, the coroner found systemic failures in film content review and continued concerns about accessible hanging points in the facility.