A Victorian coronial inquest into the death of an Aboriginal prisoner has heard his cognitive impairment should have been identified and reported much earlier.

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Victoria's Coroner's Court has been examining the death of Gunditjmara and Wiradjuri man Clinton Austin, 38, who was found unresponsive in his cell at Loddon Prison in central Victoria in September 2022.

The court heard Austin had an acquired brain injury (ABI) from a car accident in 2018, but it was two years into his sentence before the condition was officially reported.

Department of Justice deputy secretary of corrections and justice services, Emma Cat

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