The 1991 Royal Commission into deaths in custody was preceded by an 1850 inquiry, which recommended that Aboriginal people be released should their health deteriorate in gaol.
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Ms Dhu’s is not the first report into mistreatment of an Aboriginal person in custody or a medical setting, nor is it likely to be the last.
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