Reconciliation and Social Justice Library

ROYAL COMMISSION INTO

ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY

REPORT OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF

KINGSLEY RICHARD DIXON

• KINGSLEY RICHARD DIXON
  • PRELIMINARY REMARKS
    • 1.1 STYLE OF REPORTING
    • 1.2 STANDARD OF PROOF
  • INTRODUCTION
    • 2.1 THE ADELAIDE GAOL
    • 2.2 BACKGROUND OF THE DECEASED
  • EVENTS RELATING TO KINGSLEY DIXON ON THE DAY OF HIS DEATH
    • 3.1 KINGSLEY DIXON'S MOVEMENTS UNTIL HIS APPREHENSION NEAR 'A' WING BARRIER
    • 3.2 WAS KINGSLEY DIXON SUICIDAL?
    • 3.3 WAS KINGSLEY DIXON UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS WHEN HE WAS APPREHENDED AT 2.30 PM?
    • 3.4 'A' WING
    • 3.5 CELL SEARCH PROCEDURES
    • 3.6 EVENTS BETWEEN THE TIME KINGSLEY DIXON WAS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF A DRUG UNTIL HE WAS LOCKED IN CELL 58
      • 3.6.1 The strip search of Kingsley Dixon
      • 3.6.2 The cell search
      • 3.6.3 Removal from 'A' Wing to cell 58
  • KINGSLEY DIXON'S DEATH
    • 4.1 DISCOVERY OF KINGSLEY DIXON IN HIS CELL
    • 4.2 THE CAUSE OF DEATH
    • 4.3 SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT
  • POST-DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
    • 5.1 THE AUTOPSY
    • 5.2 INVESTIGATION BY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
    • 5.3 POLICE INVESTIGATIONS
    • 5.4 CORONIAL INQUIRY
  • SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
  • OVERVIEW ISSUES
    • 7.1 DRUGS IN THE GAOL
      • 7.1.1 Availability of drugs in the Gaol
      • 7.1.2 How drugs enter the Gaol
      • 7.1.3 Methods of detecting drugs
      • 7.1.4 Procedures to deal with drug affected prisoners
      • 7.1.5 Procedures to deal with prisoners found with drugs or drug implements
      • 7.1.6 Should the procedures be changed?
      • 7.1.7 Promulgation of Rules and Procedures
      • 7.1.8 Observations as to drugs in gaol
    • 7.2 STRIP SEARCHES
    • 7.3 CELL SEARCHES
    • 7.4 RACISM IN THE GAOL
      • 7.4.1 Racist attitudes of Correctional staff
      • 7.4.2 Job discrimination
    • 7.5 NEEDS OF ABORIGINAL PRISONERS
      • 7.5.1 Access to the Aboriginal community
      • 7.5.2 Access within the prison system
        • Freedom of movement
        • Aboriginal associations
        • Aboriginal liaison/welfare workers
      • 7.5.3 Access to the outside Aboriginal community
      • 7.5.4 Education
    • SCHEDULE 1: LIST OF WITNESSES
    • SCHEDULE 2: LIST OF STATEMENTS/REPORTS TENDERED
    • SCHEDULE 3: LIST OF EXHIBITS
    • SCHEDULE 4: EMPLOYMENT IN PRISON INDUSTRIES, ADELAIDE GAOL - 9 JULY 1987