The Victorian government enters into a fresh agreement outsourcing health care in publicly run prisons to an overseas company, frustrating the state's Aboriginal legal group, which claims the practice is fuelling serious healthcare gaps for prisoners.
Several members of a medical panel told the coroner Veronica should have been sent to hospital after her first health assessment by CCA staff when she arrived at the prison.
"The new service model includes an increased workforce and multi-disciplinary teams to provide high quality primary health services, strengthened release planning, and significant improvements to better support the health of Aboriginal people in prisons," they said. The company, which has previously delivered healthcare at Victoria's public prisons, said it would have a strong focus on integrating alcohol and drug services and better healthcare for Indigenous prisoners.
The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service , which represents Veronica's partner Percy Lovett, said it was concerned staff currently employed by CCA could shift over to employment with GEO Group Australia.
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