Mum begged for help before Indigenous son's jail death

The family of Timothy Garner say his death could have been avoided.

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00:00 My son was let down by the system. He was just 30 years old. He had so much life left to live.

00:09 Tim's death could have been avoided if he'd received the appropriate health care.

00:14 He'd still be with us today.

00:17 The last time I saw Tim alive, I told the prison staff he needed to see a doctor, he needed to be medicated.

00:25 But I wasn't kept informed about my son's condition.

00:30 Me and my partner kept calling Silverwater begging them to help him, but no one ever returned our calls.

00:37 To them, Tim was just an inmate number.

00:41 When he was asking for help, a prison officer called him immediately.

00:48 I am here today because I don't want what happened to Tim swept under the carpet.

00:55 I don't want this to happen to anyone else.

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