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Tara Cosoleto and Callum Godde

Push for Victorian bail laws to honour Veronica's story

Veronica Nelson's family want MPs to be reminded how cruel prison can be for Indigenous Australians. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The family of Veronica Nelson want Victoria's urgent bail reforms named after her so politicians are reminded of how cruel prison is for Indigenous people.

Ms Nelson, 37, died alone in her cell at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in January 2020, with a coroner later finding her death was preventable and the state's bail act in need of reform.

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