Article: NSW: Inmate died in custody 18 days after proper release date

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NSW: Inmate died in custody 18 days after proper release date

SYDNEY, April 11 AAP - A 23-year-old Aboriginal man died in custody nearly three weeks after he should have been released, NSW Justice Minister John Hatzistergos said today.

Mr Hatzistergos described the death at the John Morony Correctional Centre at Windsor as an appalling tragedy.

The man, whose name was not released for Aboriginal cultural reasons, died on January 22 - 18 days after he should have been released, he said.

A miscalculation had the man's release date as April 10, 2003, and had not taken into account three months already served.

The cause of the man's death has not been ...

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