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The Latest Breaking News from Veronica Nelson

Unsentenced prisoners make up a third of Australia’s prison population as bail refusals boom

Advocates urge overhaul of laws to ensure people aren’t needlessly funnelled into jail

The Guardian - AU

Daniel Andrews promises Victorian bail law reform after inquest into Veronica Nelson’s death

Premier vows responsibility to ‘make the necessary changes’ after state coroner recommended urgent review of bail act

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews flags justice system reform after coroner's findings into Veronica Nelson's death

The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, says coronial findings into the death of Aboriginal woman Veronica Nelson will drive reform of the state's justice system.

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Premier flags sweeping justice reforms for Victoria

There will be a greater distinction between violent and non-violent offenders in bail reforms to be introduced in Victoria in the first half of 2023.

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'Discriminatory impact on First Nations people': coroner calls for urgent bail reform in Veronica Nelson inquest

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and/or images of deceased people.

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‘Complete, unmitigated disaster’: inquest into Veronica Nelson’s death urges overhaul of ‘discriminatory’ Victorian bail laws

Coroner refers prison health contractor to Director of Public Prosecutions over death in custody

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Victorian coroner tells Veronica Nelson inquest he backs changes to 'disaster' bail laws

Victorian coroner Simon McGregor has described the conditions in the lead-up to the 37-year-old Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman's death as "harrowing", while labelling the state's bail laws a "complete and unmitigated disaster".

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Nelson death in custody was preventable

A coroner has declared Veronica Nelson's death preventable, called for bail law reform and found corrections had failed to provide her with adequate healthcare.

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Findings due on Nelson death in custody

A Victorian coroner will deliver his finding into the death in custody of Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson following a five-week inquest.

AAP

‘Without dignity’: how Veronica Nelson’s death exposed cruelty of Victoria’s bail laws

When coroner Simon McGregor hands down his findings on Monday the government is going to have no choice but to act

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Victoria to overhaul strict bail laws

Changes to Victoria's strict bail laws could come into effect this year as pressure mounts following a coronial inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman.

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Pressure builds on Victoria to overhaul bail laws in response to Indigenous woman’s death on remand

Ahead of coroner handing down findings into death of Veronica Nelson, her partner says she ‘shouldn’t have been in jail’

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Bail law reform on the cards in Victoria

The Victorian government is considering reforming the state's bail laws as the coroner prepares to release his findings into the death of Veronica Nelson.

AAP

Victoria urged not to delay bail reforms as state awaits Veronica Nelson inquest findings

Victoria's legal community anticipates the inquest will recommend an overhaul of the state's bail laws, which were toughened in the wake of the 2017 Bourke Street car attack.

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Vic women's jails purged of private health

Victoria will stop outsourcing health care across the state's women's prisons to a for-profit provider, conceding it hasn't always been up to scratch.

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Public health bodies to take over care in Victorian women's prisons

The state government will end outsourcing of health care for female prisoners to a for-profit company, admitting the current arrangement "hasn't always" fulfilled duty of care.

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Calls for overhaul as Victoria continues to outsource prison health care to private companies

The Victorian government enters into a fresh agreement outsourcing health care in publicly run prisons to an overseas company, frustrating the state's Aboriginal legal group, which claims the practice is fuelling serious healthcare gaps for prisoners.

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Veronica Nelson's partner sues Vic govt

Veronica Nelson's widower is suing the state of Victoria and corrections over her death in prison, alleging it caused him harm and breached her human rights.

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Labor MPs believe Daniel Andrews has been given a mandate for bold change. What will he do with it?

The Victorian Labor and Liberal parties face challenges over the next four years after a decisive election result

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Victoria paying more than $1m a day to keep unsentenced prisoners in jail

Despite steep rise in number of prisoners on remand, Andrews government hasn’t reviewed bail reforms

The Guardian - AU

Family of man who died in custody sues Victorian government over alleged mental health failures

Government yet to commit to review of mental health services available to inmates with psychiatric conditions despite recommendations from coroner

ABC News

Veronica Nelson was a kind woman. An inquest heard she died an 'appallingly undignified' death in prison

A five-week coronial inquest has heard about multiple missed opportunities that may have saved the life of the kind and loving Aboriginal woman before she died in a Melbourne prison cell in January 2020.

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Veronica Nelson's 'appalling' death in prison cell was avoidable, doctors tell inquest

A panel of medical experts tell a coronial inquest that clear warning signs should have prompted prison health workers to send Veronica Nelson to hospital the day before the Aboriginal woman's death, "without dignity", alone in her cell.

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Evidence from Veronica Nelson's final days casts a bright light into Victoria's prison system

Both an inmate and prison supervisor have described the treatment of Veronica Nelson at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre as "disgusting". But the evidence before the coroner suggests it wasn't unusual.

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Guard lied to prisoner about getting help

A prison guard lied to Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson about getting a nurse to help her, before she died in her cell in 2020.

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