‘I’m dying’: Indigenous man Joshua Kerr lay unconscious while Victorian prison guards waited for police, inquest finds

Coroner says death at Port Phillip prison was preventable and the result of a series of missed opportunities

* Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates
* Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast




For 16 minutes, an Indigenous man was left unconscious in his prison cell before dying in what his mother describes as a system lacking care and compassion for human life.

A series of missed opportunities culminated in the preventable death of 32-year-old Yorta Yorta and Gunaikurnai man Joshua Kerr in August 2022, Victorian coroner David Ryan has found.

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...


http://dlvr.it/T90VgH