NSW records highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody within a year | ABC NEWS
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More Indigenous people have died in NSW prisons in 2025 than any other year on record.
State Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan has issued an open letter calling the number of deaths “profoundly distressing”.
A government-commissioned review into deaths in custody is due to return its findings in 2026.
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