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Indigenous woman dies in custody in Victoria two days after being refused bail
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article contains names and descriptions of people who have died.
An Aboriginal woman has died in prison in Victoria less than two days after she was remanded in custody.
- Hayley Gleeson
- ABC
Her death, reportedly while she was withdrawing from drugs, has devastated friends and family, Indigenous leaders and criminal justice advocates.
The Department of Justice and Community Safety confirmed the 37-year-old woman was found deceased in her cell at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre on Thursday, January 2.
“As with all deaths in custody, the…