Queensland prison guard warned that spit hood was suffocating inmate before her death
by Andrew Messenger from World news | The Guardian on (#6FTD8)
Ambulance chief's report stated guard raised alarm 13 seconds after Selesa Tafaifa said I can't breathe', inquest documents reveal
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A prison guard warned colleagues that a spit hood was suffocating" a female inmate minutes before she died, inquest documents reveal.
The medical director of the Queensland ambulance service, Stephen Rashford, told a coroner's inquest the warning should have been taken more seriously by other guards who incorrectly believed Selesa Tafaifa was spitting at them.
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