The four-week coronial inquest into the deaths of Moses Kellie, Muhammad Hafizuddin Bin Zaini, and Leah Porter in Villawood Immigration Detention Centre raises concerns about the adequacy of mental healthcare in the centres.
Moses Kellie was ordinarily a quiet and clean man who attended church and had a knack for drawing life-like illustrations. But in his final days, his lips trembled, there was grass in his dreadlocks, his face was greasy and a foul odour followed him. He’d stopped showering, eating and leaving his room. He was seen staring into his bathroom cell in Villawood Immigration Detention Centre . It was in that where he was found hanging on January 25, 2019, and pronounced dead shortly after.
These eyewitness accounts were provided by detainees, guards and healthcare staff during hearings of a four-week coronial inquest into the deaths of Kellie and two other detainees – Muhammad Hafizuddin Bin Zaini, 26, and mother-of-two Leah Porter – in Villawood between 2019 and 2022. The inquest in front of NSW Deputy State Coroner Elizabeth Ryan concluded this week and scrutinises the adequacy of mental healthcare in the centres, particularly for people at risk of self-harm and suicid
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