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Families, politicians say not enough has changed 30 years on from Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Nioka Chatfield says authorities were obligated to keep her son safe.
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Labor senator Pat Dodson has called for national leadership to prevent more deaths
The Indigenous prison population has doubled in the past 30 years
But this year on April 1, Nioka and Colin Chatfield bundled their family into their white mini-van, picked up a cake from the local bakery and drove to their son s graveside at the Armidale Cemetery to mark what would have been his 26th birthday.