WARNING: This article contains references to an Aboriginal person who has passed.
An Aboriginal woman has died at Bandyup Women's Prison, the second death in custody at the facility since March.
In a statement to NITV, the Western Australian Department of Justice (DoJ) said the 40-year-old woman was found "unresponsive in her bed" on Saturday morning.
"Staff administered first aid until St John Ambulance officers arrived at the facility to continue medical intervention," they said.
"The woman was declared deceased and preliminary reports indicate there were no suspicious circumstances."
DoJ said, as with all deaths in custody, the WA Police are preparing a report for the state coroner.
The woman's death comes just over a month after the death of another Aboriginal woman in the prison.
In the early hours of March 16, the 35-year-old woman was found unresponsive in a single-occupancy cell.
First aid was administered and paramedics called, but she was declared deceased on site.
Similarly, DoJ said there were "no suspicious circumstances" around her death.
The news of the second death in custody at Bandyup comes just days after the 35th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handing down its final report.
The report made 339 recommendations, many of which remain only partially implemented or not implemented at all.
“That is not an accident, it is a political choice,” said Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe.
“Since this report, at least 630 of our people have died in custody. We are on track to break records again this year. This is a national disgrace.”
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