‘Her life mattered, her love mattered’: Tammy Shipley remembered by grieving family at inquest into her death in custody

The 47-year-old died while on remand at Silverwater women’s correctional centre in 2022 for minor shoplifting charges

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Tammy Shipley was a loving and joyful mother who adored her five children and two grandchildren, creating TikTok videos and picking tomatoes for her grandchildren from her garden, an inquest has heard.

Shipley, 47, died while being held on remand at Silverwater women’s correctional centre in New South Wales on 20 December 2022, after being arrested on minor shoplifting charges.