Inquest into 22-year-old Indigenous man Tane Chatfield's death in NSW custody begins

An inquest into the death of an Indigenous man in New South Wales custody has heard the young father may have had multiple seizures and was distressed to be separated from his cellmate on his last night in remand.

Darren Brian Cutmore had been Mr Chatfield's cellmate in the preceding days, but was moved to a different cell that night as the pair were co-accused. Mr Cutmore also said that while the pair had often used drugs in prison together, he did not think Mr Chatfield did so on the night of 19 September. The victim's mother, Nioka Chatfield, said the grief she felt after the death of her son"became like a chronic illness" and her family needed accountability to move forward.

Apparently our indigenous are more likely to die outside of custody than in it? (Happy to be shown otherwise.)

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