Reconciliation and Social Justice Library

ROYAL COMMISSION INTO

ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY

REPORT OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF

JOHN RAYMOND PILOT

• JOHN RAYMOND PILOT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PILOT'S PERSONAL HISTORY, BACKGROUND AND LIFESTYLE
    • 2.1 TRIBAL AND FAMILY HISTORY
    • 2.2 UPBRINGING AT CHERBOURG
    • 2.3 EMPLOYMENT
    • 2.4 MARITAL STATUS
    • 2.5 LIFESTYLE AND SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
  • EVENTS THAT GAVE RISE TO CUSTODY
  • THE WATCHHOUSE
  • THE DUTIES OF PILOT'S CUSTODIANS
  • INCARCERATION AND EVENTS UP TO MIDNIGHT ON 24 JANUARY 1987
  • INSPECTIONS OF AND EVENTS IN CELL 23 AFTER MIDNIGHT
  • THE CAUSE OF DEATH
  • WAS DEATH PREVENTABLE?
  • WHERE DOES RESPONSIBILITY FOR PILOT'S DEATH LIE?
  • THE POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF PILOT'S DEATH
  • THE CORONIAL INQUIRY INTO PILOT'S DEATH
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • UNDERLYING AND OTHER ISSUES
    • 14.1 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DETOXIFICATION UNITS AND REHABILITATION CENTRES
    • 14.2 THE ACQUISITION AND USE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION BY POLICE
    • 14.3 CORONIAL INQUIRIES
    • 14.4 RESERVE/COMMUNITY UPBRINGING
    • APPENDIX 1: PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE HEARING
      • TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING
      • APPEARANCES
      • WITNESS AND EXHIBITS ETC
      • ONUS AND STANDARD OF PROOF
    • APPENDIX II: LIST OF WITNESSES
    • APPENDIX III: LIST OF EXHIBITS