Aboriginal man dies in custody after advice to move him to mental health facility was ignored

The system is still ‘failing’ Indigenous prisoners such as Canberra man TJ Dennis, who died in Silverwater prison. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

An Indigenous man has died in custody after advice was ignored to transfer him to a secure mental health facility.

TJ Dennis, a Wiradjuri man, had sued the ACT government after being depicted in a racist “hangman” drawing during a previous custodial sentence.