Death Investigation – Alice Springs Correctional Centre
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The Northern Territory Police Force is investigating after a male prisoner died shortly after collapsing at the Alice Springs Correctional Centre yesterday afternoon.
Around 5:40pm, police received reports that a 35-year-old male prisoner had collapsed. Staff commenced CPR before St John Ambulance personnel took over and the male was conveyed to Alice Springs Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Initial investigations indicate the male died as a result of a medical episode and a report will be prepared for the Coroner.
The death is being treated as a death in custody as the male was in the care of the Department of Corrections.
— NT PoliceCrime in the Alice Springs council area
Alice Springs is a council area in Northern Territory with about 30,875 residents. It has a Crime Score 93 out of 100 (very high), 5th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (94th percentile), break-ins (98th percentile), homicide (95th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 93.
- Violent
- 6,708 per 100k
- Property
- 12,732 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 2,575 per 100k
- Theft
- 3,968 per 100k
See the full Alice Springs crime profile
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