An Indigenous inmate has died in hospital after suffering a medical episode at a prison in Western Australia.
The 51-year-old man was admitted to Fiona Stanley Hospital on Thursday for treatment following a medical episode at Perth's maximum security Hakea Prison.
He died in the hospital on Monday.
Police will prepare a mandatory report for the coroner.
Hakea Prison, in Canning Vale in Perth's southeastern suburbs, is a maximum security prison for men who have been remanded in custody while waiting to appear in court.
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