Veronica Nelson treated inhumanely earlier than jail dying, jail officer concedes

CCTV exhibits Brown, nurse Atheana George and two other jail officers provide Nelson with paracetamol though a cell lure door about 1.30am. It was the final time employees noticed her alive.

Throughout Brown’s nightshift, the coroner heard Nelson went on to make 9 additional calls for help over the prison intercom, including a final two conversations Lacy described as “haunting” and “chilling”. Nothing was heard from Nelson after 4am. Her physique was discovered later that morning.

Attending paramedics believed she had been useless for some time.

Taking to the witness stand for the first time on Friday after a failed Supreme Courtroom struggle to suppress her identification, Brown revealed she now believed she ought to’ve performed more to help Nelson during her closing hours.

Brown accepted she had a duty of care to Nelson and will have gone to test on the 37-year-old after the inmate became unresponsive during her last intercom name. She also accepted Nelson was deprived of “enough” medical care during her stay and not treated humanely.

The jail officer was also important of the medical care offered to inmates and the situation by which some arrived on the Yarra unit. She said evening nurses often refused to stroll the 200 metres from the medical unit to the Yarra unit to see patients through the night.

Prison officers aren't permitted to name triple zero and more senior employees would should be contacted to do that in any emergency, Brown stated.

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

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

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

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

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

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