Content warning: This episode discusses Aboriginal people who have died.
We've heard conflicting reports about a disturbance in Long Bay Prison, with authorities telling us it was an argument about drugs, but with evidence it was a Black Lives Matter protest about the more than 430 Aboriginal deaths in custody since 1991.
The voices we haven't been able to hear are those of the people who are currently most in danger of dying in custody. In this show we hear from Brett Collins. Brett, a spokesperson for the Prisoner Action Group and a Co-Ordinator for the Community Justice Coalition, talks to Nick Franklin. In 2016 Brett spoke at one of our Politics in the Pub events about the withdrawal and privatisation of teachers from gaols. 
He has been representing prisoners nationally and internationally for over thirty years. 
This episode was first aired on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM on 12th June 2020. Image from ABC News.
Disclaimer: We seek a range of perspectives but that means that views expressed in these podcasts are not necessarily endorsed by the Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc.

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