I worry that Aboriginal deaths in custody have continued as common practice in prisons and police systems
Wayne Fella Morrison died in custody on 26 September 2016 from reasons including spithood and restraint asphyxia (suffocation). He was a 29-year-old father, a fisherman and an artist. Wayne had been on remand for six days prior to his death. He spent three days on life support in the intensive care unit of the Royal Adelaide hospital in South Australia. He had never been in trouble with the law before this incident. During the final moments of his life, CCTV footage from the prison shows him being restrained by at least 12 correctional officers. Following his restraint, he was positioned in the back of a correctional transport van with seven officers where he spent approximately three minutes. He was pulled out unconscious and died three days later.
Wayne Fella Morrison was my older brother.
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