A PRISONER was found dead in a cell last night (February 1) at the Alexander Maconochie Centre. He is believed to have hanged himself.
An ACT Corrective Services spokesperson said the 27-year-old detainee was found by corrections officers during routine checks around 7pm.
“CityNews” understands the man, of caucasian appearance, died in a “management cell”, which are used in response to disciplinary breaches.
Police have notified the next of kin.
“No further details can be provided at this time as the matter will be the subject of investigations by the police on behalf of the coroner and by the ACT Inspector of Correctional Services,” the spokesperson said.
However, “CityNews” understands the death came after a disturbance, quelled with capsiucum spray, yesterday afternoon in which some inmates were taken to management cells. “CityNews” cannot confirm a link between the two incidents.
However, they follow last week’s incidents at the prison including news of officers with covid and a fire lit inside a cell at the prison on Friday afternoon.
Anyone who might find this report distressing should call Lifeline: 131114; Beyond Blue 1300 224626; Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659467; Mensline Australia 1300 789978.
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![Teacher Vanessa Jones has been living in Higgins since 2001, and while she loves the area, she says she is “fed up” with the neglectful ACT government.
The Higgins shops have been completely abandoned, says Vanessa, preventing the opportunity for residents to have a community-centred space to socialise.
They only received bins nine months ago, she says, and requests for a water station and repairs to the bus station have gone unanswered.
“It’s very, very slow,” says Vanessa.
“I asked for the zebra crossing on Fullagar [Crescent] to be repainted, and we had to wait about six or nine months.
“That’s just such a long time… we pay a lot of rates.”
Vanessa says assistance from the government only seems to go to communities with time-rich and assertive communities, leaving places such as Higgins, where the majority of households have both adults working full-time and English may not be the first language of the family, at an automatic disadvantage.
“If you’ve got two people working, paying a mortgage, raising two or three kids, they don’t have the time,” says Vanessa.
Vanessa says the lack of attention quieter places such as Higgins is receiving is starting to look a lot like favouritism.
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