Justice For Seth: Coroner Inquest
JUSTICE FOR SETH
Seth was an Indigenous teenager who died in custody due to medical negligence on the 3rd of May 2018 two days after his 19th Birthday. His family wants answers.
Aboriginal people are the most incarcerated people on earth. In 2018 all children in prison in the NT were Aboriginal. Over 474 Indigenous people have died in custody since the Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody in 1991. This is systematic racism.
The coroners inquest into his death will take place on the 31th of August and the 1st of September 2021 in Perth. His family need funds to cover travel costs from Kununurra to Perth (Boorloo), which is over 3,000kms away. Tickets from Kununurra to Perth cost around 800 dollars each. The aim is to raise 10k to cover travel and accommodation for family members to attend the coroners inquest. Updates will be put on this fundraiser on how the money is being spent.
'Seth was sent to Banksia Hills detention centre Perth in April 2017 he was remanded in custody for juvenile offences related to a stolen vehicle's. On 1st of May he turned 18 and was transferred to the adult prison system despite the fact that he was an unconvicted juvenile, after 4 months custody in adult system he pled guilty after receiving legal advice and received 13 month sentence that in reality was a death sentence. Seth had pre-existing heart condition since childhood that was managed by a specialist Dr's and monthly medications and a planned surgery, on his entry to adult system they changed medications without consulting specialist who had made multiple attempts to tell department of corrections that Seth was due for life saving surgery in July 2017 which he never received instead Seth had a tour of some of the worst prisons in the country that ended on 3rd of may 2018 in Derby 2 days after his 19th birthday when he passed away from heart attack corrections say it's natural causes but it's not natural for a teenager to die in prison.
The coroner's inquest starts in Perth on 30th August, hopefully family can get some answers.' - statement from his family, Justice For Seth facebook page.
