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WA: Prisoner passes out in hot van

JAYNE RICKARD, The West Australian March 16, 2010

Faulty air-conditioning in the back of a prison van has been blamed after a prisoner lost consciousness while being transported from a family funeral.

Gold Coast police in watchhouse logbook cover-up

Jeremy Pierce From: The Courier-Mail March 15, 2010

POLICE have been caught falsifying watchhouse logbooks only hours before a prisoner died, a court has been told.

A coroner's inquest yesterday heard how police failed to carry out routine prisoner checks and then fudged the logbook to cover their tracks.

Huntingdale man dies in police custody

AAP March 15, 2010

A DIABETIC father of six has died in police custody after twice being taken from the Perth watchhouse to hospital for medical assessment.

Dion Wood's grieving family are demanding a full investigation into his death.

The police internal affairs unit has launched an investigation into the circumstances of the 33-year-old's death late on Sunday.

Perth man dies in police custody

A Perth man has died in police custody after twice being taken to hospital for medical check-ups.

Sergeant Greg Lambert said the force's internal affairs unit would investigate the death of the 33-year-old in the Perth watch-house on Sunday night.

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