Veronica Nelson treated inhumanely earlier than jail dying, prison officer concedes

CCTV reveals Brown, nurse Atheana George and two different prison officers provide Nelson with paracetamol though a cell lure door about 1.30am. It was the last time staff saw her alive.

Throughout Brown’s nightshift, the coroner heard Nelson went on to make nine additional requires assist over the prison intercom, including a remaining two conversations Lacy described as “haunting” and “chilling”. Nothing was heard from Nelson after 4am. Her body was found later that morning.

Attending paramedics believed she had been dead for a while.

Taking to the witness stand for the primary time on Friday after a failed Supreme Courtroom fight to suppress her id, Brown revealed she now believed she ought to’ve finished extra to help Nelson throughout her ultimate hours.

Brown accepted she had a duty of care to Nelson and should have gone to test on the 37-year-old after the inmate turned unresponsive during her remaining intercom call. She additionally accepted Nelson was deprived of “adequate” medical care during her keep and never handled humanely.

The jail officer was also critical of the medical care provided to inmates and the situation wherein some arrived at the Yarra unit. She stated night nurses usually refused to stroll the 200 metres from the medical unit to the Yarra unit to see patients in the course of the evening.

Jail officers are not permitted to name triple zero and extra senior employees would have to be contacted to do this in any emergency, Brown stated.

An post-mortem later discovered Nelson had the undiagnosed medical situation Wilkie’s syndrome, a rare however potentially life-threatening gastrointestinal condition.

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

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

Prison CCTV shows Tracey Brown, far right, attending Nelson’s jail cell alongside nurse Atheana George about 1.30am the day of Nelson’s demise.

On the stand, Brown disagreed. Jones is because of give proof next week.

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