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| Prisoner, 71, dies after alleged attack by fellow inmate at Sydney's Long Bay jail | Prisoner, 71, dies after alleged attack by fellow inmate at Sydney's Long Bay jail |
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| A 71-year-old man has died after he was allegedly attacked by another inmate at Sydney’s Long Bay jail. | A 71-year-old man has died after he was allegedly attacked by another inmate at Sydney’s Long Bay jail. |
| NSW police are understood to be talking to a 77-year-old man in relation to the death. | NSW police are understood to be talking to a 77-year-old man in relation to the death. |
| A spokeswoman for Corrective Services NSW said the incident occurred in the Kevin Waller unit, which caters for aged and frail prisoners, about 11pm on Monday. | A spokeswoman for Corrective Services NSW said the incident occurred in the Kevin Waller unit, which caters for aged and frail prisoners, about 11pm on Monday. |
| It is understood the man interviewed by police was the dead man’s cellmate. | |
| Long Bay is a maximum and minimum security prison, catering to both men and women, 14km south-east of the Sydney CBD. The NSW government announced in March that the land would be sold and a new, much larger jail, would be built at Wollondilly, south-west of Sydney. | |
| It is just over 12 months since Aboriginal man David Dungay Hill died in custody at Long Bay, after being forcibly removed from his cell in the mental health ward by guards in riot gear. |