‘A profoundly distressing milestone’: record number of deaths in custody and police operations in NSW

There were a record number of New South Wales deaths in custody and police operations last year, with almost a quarter of prisoner deaths recorded as self-harm, a coroner’s court report states. Of those who killed themselves, most were by hanging, despite millions being invested to remove ligature points . The state coroner, Teresa O’Sullivan, released her annual deaths in custody and police operations report on Thursday. …