An inquest into the death in custody of an Aboriginal woman held in remand over theft-related offences will probe the state’s bail laws and healthcare in prisons when it begins on Tuesday.
Veronica Nelson, a Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman, was on remand when she was found dead in her cell at the maximum security Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne’s west on 2 January 2020. She was 37.
