Indigenous WA prisoners need better care

Advocates says Indigenous prisoners in WA need health care given by Aboriginal medical services. (Paul Miller/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Indigenous prisoners need culturally appropriate health care given by Aboriginal medical services to prevent more needless deaths in custody, advocates warn.

The advice comes after West Australian coroner Rosalinda Fogliani recently found that Aboriginal man Mr Yeeda's death at the West Kimberley Regional Prison in 2018 was preventable.