Veronica Nelson handled inhumanely before jail loss of life, prison officer concedes

CCTV shows Brown, nurse Atheana George and two other prison officers provide Nelson with paracetamol although a cell entice door about 1.30am. It was the last time staff noticed her alive.

During Brown’s nightshift, the coroner heard Nelson went on to make nine additional requires help over the prison intercom, including a last two conversations Lacy described as “haunting” and “chilling”. Nothing was heard from Nelson after 4am. Her body was found later that morning.

Attending paramedics believed she had been dead for a while.

Taking to the witness stand for the primary time on Friday after a failed Supreme Courtroom combat to suppress her identity, Brown revealed she now believed she ought to’ve executed extra to help Nelson during her final hours.

Brown accepted she had a duty of care to Nelson and should have gone to test on the 37-year-old after the inmate turned unresponsive during her closing intercom name. She additionally accepted Nelson was disadvantaged of “enough” medical care throughout her stay and not handled humanely.

The prison officer was also important of the medical care provided to inmates and the situation during which some arrived at the Yarra unit. She mentioned night time nurses typically refused to stroll the 200 metres from the medical unit to the Yarra unit to see patients throughout the evening.

Jail officers will not be permitted to name triple zero and more senior staff would must be contacted to try this in any emergency, Brown mentioned.

An autopsy later found Nelson had the undiagnosed medical situation Wilkie’s syndrome, a rare however potentially life-threatening gastrointestinal condition.

Rishi Nathwani, representing Nelson’s mother, was critical of Brown’s motion and pressed the prison officer on an inner evaluation that praised her actions.

Nathwani said within the review, Dame Phyllis Frost general supervisor Tracey Jones stated she was “proud” of the way Nelson was handled in her ultimate hours and that Brown “sensitively managed the intercom calls”.

Prison CCTV reveals Tracey Brown, far proper, attending Nelson’s jail cell alongside nurse Atheana George about 1.30am the day of Nelson’s loss of life.

On the stand, Brown disagreed. Jones is due to give evidence subsequent week.

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