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$200,000 payment plan for Mr Ward's family

Wed Mar 17, 2010

The State Government has confirmed an interim ex-gratia payment of $200,000 is proposed for the family of an Aboriginal elder who died of heatstroke after being transported in a prison van.

The payment is yet to be approved by State Cabinet.

In spite of the announcement, demonstrators outside Parliament House crowded into the public gallery to continue their protest.

Protests rally against deaths in custody

WARNING: This link contains an image of Mr Ward

ANDREA HAYWARD - WATODAY

March 17, 2010

Hundreds of angry protesters have disrupted a sitting of Parliament to demand quick payment of compensation to the family of a WA man who died in the back of an oven-hot prison van.

Porter turns up the heat after prisoner passes out in heat

JOSEPH SAPIENZA - WATODAY

March 16, 2010

Corrective Services Minister Christian Porter has expressed strong concerns over the decision by Casuarina Prison staff to transport a diabetic prisoner to a family funeral in 41-degree heat.

On Friday morning, 46-year-old James David Yarran was allowed to visit Fremantle Cemetery for a service which lasted four hours in hot weather conditions.

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