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ROYAL COMMISSION INTO
ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY
REPORT OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF
JOHN CLARENCE HIGHFOLD
JOHN CLARENCE HIGHFOLD
INTRODUCTION
PERSONAL BACKGROUND OF JOHN HIGHFOLD
MEDICAL BACKGROUND OF JOHN HIGHFOLD
MEDICAL TREATMENT IN ADELAIDE GAOL
OBSERVATIONS OF JOHN HIGHFOLD PRIOR TO AND ON 4 JANUARY 1983
I find that on 3 January 1983, the afternoon before he died, Highfold and another prisoner, Mr Schulz, were together when they obtained their medication (Schulz S/2/27, 5410-11, 5414). Another prisoner, Ian Sansbury gave evidence to the Royal Commission to the effect that the night before Highfold's death he had been refused his medication. He said that at about 7.00 pm he had heard Highfold calling out for his medication (S/2/36, 5615). Sansbury is in serious error as the records satisfy me that he was not in Adelaide Gaol at the time of Highfold's death.
RESUSCITATION
6.1 RESUSCITATION ATTEMPTS
6.2 TRAINING OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS
CAUSE OF DEATH
7.1 ABSENCE OF FOUL PLAY
7.2 CAUSE OF DEATH
7.3 POISON OR DRUGS
7.4 STATUS EPILEPTICUS
7.5 SINGLE EPILEPTIC FIT
POST-DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
8.1 POLICE INVESTIGATIONS
8.2 CORONER'S POLICE SQUAD
8.3 THE AUTOPSY
8.4 CORONIAL INVESTIGATION
OVERVIEW ISSUES
9.1 NOTIFICATION OF RELATIVES OF DEATH
9.2 THE INTERCOM SYSTEM
9.3 COMMUNICATION OF MEDICAL INFORMATION TO CORRECTIONAL STAFF
SCHEDULE 1: LIST OF WITNESSES
SCHEDULE 2: LIST OF STATEMENTS/REPORTS TENDERED
SCHEDULE 3: LIST OF EXHIBITS