----- Original Message ----- From: Trudy Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: news-clip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 5:46 PM Subject: -[Tino Rangatiratanga]- AAP: Sixth prisoner dies in WA in four weeks > Sixth prisoner dies in WA in four weeks > > Source: AAP | Published: Wednesday June 7, 1:48 PM > > A 38-year-old Aboriginal man has become the sixth West Australian prisoner to die in four weeks - and the second at the same jail in > three days. > > The Casuarina Prison inmate was taken to Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) on Sunday after suffering an apparent stroke and died early > today, a Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said. > > His name has not been released. > > A prison officer found the man in his cell at 1.30pm (WST), vomiting and weakened on one side of his body. > > He was taken to RPH but, despite emergency surgery, suffered a second stroke and died early today. > > A full coronial inquiry would be held to determine the cause and circumstances of the death. > > Although the man died in hospital, his death was being counted officially as a death in custody. > > He is the second Casuarina inmate to die in three days, following the death of a 27-year-old found hanging in his cell at the prison on > Monday. > > Six prisoners have died in WA jails since May 7, four atCasuarina. > > On May 7, a 32-year-old man was found hanging in his cell at the maximum-security jail. > > Two weeks later, on May 22, a 30 year-old man collapsed and died in a workshop of the prison. > > On May 23, a 27 year-old man was found hanging in his cell at Albany Regional Prison, and just three days after that an inmate of the > Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison collapsed and died while playing football. > > The justice ministry spokeswoman said eight prisoners had died so far this year, but the deaths were unrelated. > > 'They have occurred at five different prisons and under different circumstances,' she said. > > She said nine WA prisoners died in custody last year. > > > > ************************************************************************* > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without > permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, > scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal > copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of > the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > LOW RATE, NO WAIT! > Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! Get rates > as low as 2.9% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. > http://click.egroups.com/1/5196/3/_/20596/_/960436734/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _________________________________________________ > Subscribe to the Tino Rangatiratanga eGroup > http://aotearoa.wellington.net.nz/subsc/ > _________________________________________________ > > > ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
