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Article

13 Jun 2009

Author:
Marc Lavine, AFP

Man 'cooked' to death in Australian prison van

The family of an Australian Aboriginal elder who died after being "cooked" in the back of a scorching hot prison van may sue after a coroner branded his treatment inhumane...The elder, known only as Mr Ward...was transported 360 kilometres to jail in temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius in a van with faulty air conditioning. Ward...suffer[ed] third-degree burns where his body touched the metal floor, the inquest heard. Western Australia Coroner Alastair Hope found that Ward was effectively "cooked" to death and heavily criticised the state prisons department, the private security firm that operated the van [Global Solutions Ltd (GSL) (now G4S Australia)] and the two guards who escorted Ward...Ward's cousin....[said] the family was considering filing a civil lawsuit against GSL...