An Aboriginal man has died while in custody in Victoria.
Corrections Victoria confirmed the man died at Ravenhall Correctional Centre on March 7.
His death has been reported to the coroner, who will formally determine the cause of death.
The family of the man has been notified and a smoking ceremony has been arranged.
"We recognise that all deaths in custody have impacts on family members, friends, corrections staff and the Aboriginal community, and we're working to ensure they are provided with the support they need," Corrections Victoria said in a statement.
It comes two days after it was revealed two Indigenous people died in custody in NSW in the past week.
A man in his thirties and a woman in her fifties died in recent days, but the deaths were only revealed in questioning during a NSW Parliamentary hearing.
The chief executive of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, Nerita Waight, says the trauma will have a lasting impact.
"This death highlights the urgent need for sweeping reforms to the justice system.
"Our people are grossly over-represented in the criminal legal system and in prisons," she said.
The investigation into the Victorian death will be held under new rules for dealing with Aboriginal deaths in custody, requiring prompt investigations, and for Aboriginal voices to be heard during the process.
But the legal service says it has not been properly funded to participate in the new process.
"We again ask the Victorian Government to properly fund our services so that we can make a real difference for our people," Ms Waight said.
Earlier this week, the Victorian government announced a "truth-telling" commission to investigate the effects of colonisation on Victoria's indigenous community.
The legal service says that in the 30 years since the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, 455 Aboriginal people have died in custody.
