Veronica Nelson treated inhumanely earlier than jail loss of life, prison officer concedes

CCTV reveals Brown, nurse Atheana George and two other prison officers provide Nelson with paracetamol although a cell entice door about 1.30am. It was the last time employees noticed her alive.

During Brown’s nightshift, the coroner heard Nelson went on to make 9 additional calls for help over the prison intercom, together with a last two conversations Lacy described as “haunting” and “chilling”. Nothing was heard from Nelson after 4am. Her physique was found later that morning.

Attending paramedics believed she had been dead for some time.

Taking to the witness stand for the primary time on Friday after a failed Supreme Court combat to suppress her identification, Brown revealed she now believed she ought to’ve finished extra to assist Nelson throughout her remaining hours.

Brown accepted she had a duty of care to Nelson and should have gone to examine on the 37-year-old after the inmate grew to become unresponsive throughout her closing intercom name. She also accepted Nelson was deprived of “sufficient” medical care during her keep and never treated humanely.

The jail officer was additionally vital of the medical care offered to inmates and the situation during which some arrived on the Yarra unit. She stated night nurses typically refused to stroll the 200 metres from the medical unit to the Yarra unit to see sufferers during the evening.

Prison officers usually are not permitted to name triple zero and extra senior workers would should be contacted to try this in any emergency, Brown stated.

An autopsy later found Nelson had the undiagnosed medical condition Wilkie’s syndrome, a rare but potentially life-threatening gastrointestinal condition.

Rishi Nathwani, representing Nelson’s mother, was critical of Brown’s motion and pressed the jail officer on an inside review that praised her actions.

Nathwani stated within the evaluation, Dame Phyllis Frost normal supervisor Tracey Jones mentioned she was “proud” of the way in which Nelson was handled in her remaining hours and that Brown “sensitively managed the intercom calls”.

Jail CCTV exhibits Tracey Brown, far proper, attending Nelson’s jail cell alongside nurse Atheana George about 1.30am the day of Nelson’s dying.

On the stand, Brown disagreed. Jones is because of give evidence subsequent week.

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