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NSW There were a record number of [New South Wales](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/new-south-wales) deaths in custody and police operations last year, with almost a quarter of prisoner deaths recorded as self-harm
custody during an escort to Sydney’s Bankstown hospital despite being handcuffed and supposedly under close watch. - In September a detainee absconded by shimmying up a light pole next to a boundary fence at Brisbane