Aboriginal woman dies in custody in Tasmania, coroner to investigate

ABC NEWS (Australia)

An Aboriginal woman has died while in custody in southern Tasmania. The state's Aboriginal Legal Service believes it’s the first Aboriginal death in custody in more than 25 years.

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00:00The Tasmania Prison Service says the woman died at the Royal Hobart Hospital on Monday.

00:07It says she was transferred from the Mary Hutchinson's women's prison to the hospital two days earlier after a serious medical episode.

00:15The prison service hasn't released any information about what kind of medical episode the woman suffered.

00:20She was being held at the prison on remand, meaning she had not been convicted of a crime.

00:26The woman's death has hit the community hard.

00:29The state's Aboriginal Legal Service believes it's the first Aboriginal death in custody in Tasmania since the 1990s.

00:37We've been calling for various supports across the justice system and the government have more work to do

00:43and this is a tragic outcome of a long-standing inaction from the Tasmanian government.

00:49Tasmania's Director of Prisons, Narelle Pamplin, has extended her condolences to the woman's family and friends.

00:56Her death will be investigated by the coroner, which is standard practice for deaths in custody.

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