Veronica Nelson handled inhumanely earlier than jail demise, jail officer concedes

CCTV reveals Brown, nurse Atheana George and two different prison officers provide Nelson with paracetamol although a cell lure door about 1.30am. It was the final time workers noticed her alive.

Throughout Brown’s nightshift, the coroner heard Nelson went on to make 9 further requires assist over the prison intercom, including a ultimate two conversations Lacy described as “haunting” and “chilling”. Nothing was heard from Nelson after 4am. Her body was discovered later that morning.

Attending paramedics believed she had been useless for a while.

Taking to the witness stand for the first time on Friday after a failed Supreme Court docket battle to suppress her identity, Brown revealed she now believed she should’ve completed more to assist Nelson throughout her closing hours.

Brown accepted she had a duty of care to Nelson and may have gone to verify on the 37-year-old after the inmate turned unresponsive throughout her last intercom call. She additionally accepted Nelson was deprived of “adequate” medical care throughout her stay and not handled humanely.

The jail officer was also crucial of the medical care offered to inmates and the condition through which some arrived at the Yarra unit. She mentioned night time nurses usually refused to walk the 200 metres from the medical unit to the Yarra unit to see patients during the night time.

Prison officers should not permitted to name triple zero and extra senior staff would should be contacted to do this in any emergency, Brown said.

An post-mortem later discovered Nelson had the undiagnosed medical situation Wilkie’s syndrome, a rare but doubtlessly life-threatening gastrointestinal condition.

Rishi Nathwani, representing Nelson’s mom, was crucial of Brown’s motion and pressed the jail officer on an inside review that praised her actions.

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

Jail CCTV reveals Tracey Brown, far right, attending Nelson’s jail cell alongside nurse Atheana George about 1.30am the day of Nelson’s dying.

On the stand, Brown disagreed. Jones is because of give evidence next week.

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