Man dies in Sydney prison unit that watchdog wanted shut down because it ‘cannot provide a safe environment’

A 19-year-old man has died in a Sydney prison unit that an independent watchdog previously recommended be closed because it “simply cannot provide a safe environment”. The man was on remand, awaiting a hearing or sentencing, when he hung himself on Sunday in Long Bay correctional centre’s Metropolitan Special Programs Centre (MSPC). Corrective Service NSW said “staff commenced a medical response, but he was pronounced deceased by paramedics on Sunday”. …