Aboriginal man died from asthma attack after 'unreasonably delayed' response from prison staff

Family of Nathan Reynolds say his death was preventable and ‘he would not have died if he weren’t in prison’

A 36-year-old Aboriginal man who died on the floor of prison from an asthma attack in 2018 was deprived of “at least some chance” of surviving by the “unreasonably delayed” response to his emergency by prison guards and health staff, the NSW coroner has found.

But the coroner still found that Anaiwan-Dunghutti man Nathan Reynolds died of “natural causes” that were partly exacerbated by deficiencies in the management of his severe asthma.

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