PRISON inspectors claim a female inmate has suffered a “serious violation of her human rights” and that other women in Dochas Prison were subjected to “unnecessary humiliation” by being ordered to strip naked in front of male staff for an internal body scan.

THE state faces “the live prospect” of being sued in Irish and European courts if legal obligations to prisoners are not met, the Inspector of Prisons has warned.

THE public row over the Prison Service and conditions at Mountjoy Prison escalated yesterday when the chairman of the Mountjoy Visiting Committee disputed claims from an outspoken former committee member.

The Government was pressed today to carry out an urgent review of the country’s only women’s prison after its governor resigned citing overcrowding.

THE Prison Officers’ Association (POA) has strongly criticised prison bosses for slashing a much-praised rehabilitation programme in Mountjoy Jail.