Today is a chance for the family of Gomeroi, Wakka Wakka & Gumbaynggirr man Tane Chatfield to be heard at the inquest into his death. His parents, Nioka & Colin Chatfield, just addressed media. Proceedings to begin shortly, the last of five days. #JusticeForTane

From Nioka Chatfield's statement: 'Like so many thousands of Aboriginal people, [Tane] was thrown into prison without trial - a decision that would be a death sentence.'
'We were thinking he would be home soon.' #JusticeForTane

'Corrective Service Officers sat at his door while we cried, we sat and wondered if our boy was going to live or die. Hospital staff told our other children that “your brother’s brain is dying”. He never woke up.' #JusticeForTane

'Waiting almost three years with no answers about our son’s death has taken a huge toll on our family. With grieving, you are supposed to have a process of acceptance and moving forward. But without answers we have been stuck.' #JusticeForTane

'We say that the prison system killed our son. No matter what happened in that cell on the morning he was found. The constant pressure, the violence, being away from the family he loved, we saw him change after the time he spent inside.' #JusticeForTane

'Our son was not born to get a death sentence from the Corrective Services system or the Justice Health system. Tane has left a paper trail that has been examined all week, a paper trail so strangers can tell me about my boy.' #JusticeForTane

'Release these prisoners. Cut down the hanging points. Allow anyone kept in prison to ring their family when there is an emergency or when they need help.' #JusticeForTane

'The numbers of Aboriginal people locked up have increased every single year since RCIADIC in 1991. We are the most incarcerated people in the whole world. How much more blood does Australia want? What will it take to stop locking up and brutalising our people?' #JusticeForTane

'We say that the prison system itself is destructive and the bars must come down. There is no rehabilitation, there is no making society any safer.'
'We say build communities not prisons.' #JusticeForTane