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Duncan Murray

'Gross lapse' in medical care before death in custody

Emma Parker says Aboriginal deaths in custody should not be still happening. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

The prison where Indigenous man Michael Baker died had just one regular GP working six hours a week to care for hundreds of inmates, an inquest has revealed.

The 44-year-old Awabakal man died alone in his cell at the Lithgow Correctional Centre, west of Sydney, on June 25, 2019.

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