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SHOCKING: Humanity lost in dealing with prisoners inquest told - You Need To See This

A terminally ill man's 661 days on remand was reflective of systemic pressures, a prison boss says. ((A)manda Parkinson/AAP PHOTOS)

Use of restraints on prisoners in hospital has taken away their dignity and their guards' compassion, a coroner has heard. 

Judge Elisabeth Armitage is holding a mandatory inquest into the death of terminally ill Indigenous man Mati Tamwoy at Royal Darwin Hospital while on he was remand.

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