Minister: No more 'slopping out' at Mountjoy by next year

Justice Minister Alan Shatter said today that the practice of slopping out at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin will be phased out by the end of the year.

Minister: No more 'slopping out' at Mountjoy by next year

Justice Minister Alan Shatter said today that the practice of slopping out at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin will be phased out by the end of the year.

Alan Shatter, speaking at the Oireachtas Justice Committee this morning, said that the installation of in-cell sanitation will be completed in all wings in the coming months.

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