The lawyer who represented the family of the last Aboriginal death at Port Lincoln Prison 21 years ago says he is concerned SA jail cells have not been made safe despite multiple recommendations in the past.
A lawyer says SA jail cells have not been upgraded to safe standards and may be the cause of an Aboriginal death in custody at Port Lincoln .
The Ngarrindjeri and Boandik arts activist from Wangary, 45 kilometres west of Port Lincoln, said she was beside herself after a 23-year-old Aboriginal man was found unresponsive in his cell last week. "Condolences go out to all the Aboriginal community in Port Lincoln. And to this young fella's family."Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement principal legal officer Christopher Charles said he had represented more than 20 Aboriginal families at inquests into deaths in custody since 1980, including the family from the last case of an Indigenous death in custody in Port Lincoln in 2003.
Mr Charles said previous coronial inquests, which had recommended improvements to inmate safety, had not been fully implemented. "I'm concerned to know whether what happened in this case in relation to that issue as well because that was the circumstances of the last death in Port Lincoln Prison." "All newly constructed secure custody cells are constructed to a safe cell standard, with a series of works to upgrade existing cells underway."
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