Aunty Donnas Kerr read a statement after the coroner delivered his findings into her son's death. 32-year-old Yorta Yorta and Gunaikurani man Joshua Kerr likely died from cardiac arrhythmia or a seizure after ingesting a significant amount of meth. He was left unconscious in his cell at Port Phillip prison for 16 minutes on August 10, 2022, before he died. Video via AAP.
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00:00The current has found that the Correctional and the medical staff at the Presidential have known my son was dying.
00:09My heir was taken before he could even go into the cell or call an ambulance.
00:18This is what is wrong with our system.
00:22The lack of care and compassion in human life.
00:26For Aboriginal lives, we are happy to hear that Port Phillip Prison is closing down.
00:34If they had closed down two years ago, maybe my son would be alive.