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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Peter Brewer

Jail's latest death in custody triggers critical incident review

The welcome sign outside Canberra's jail. Picture by Rohan Thomson

The Inspector of Correctional Services has launched a critical incident review into the Sunday death at the Alexander Maconochie Centre, the second death in custody at Canberra's jail in just over a year.

This independent process, which will result in a public report to the ACT Assembly, is being conducted separately from the police investigation on behalf of the Chief Coroner, Ken Archer.

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