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‘More drugs than sweets’ in prison tuck shop

MOUNTJOY Prison has “more drugs than sweets in the tuck shop”, according to the latest damning report by the jail’s visiting committee.

Sat, 23 Oct, 2010

National Archives - 20 prisoners, including Ferris, go on hunger strike

CONDITIONS in Portlaoise Prison became a volatile issue in early 1977 with leading republicans, including current TD Martin Ferris, staging a hunger strike.

Sat, 29 Dec, 2007

Report: Prison blighted by drugs and overcrowding

Severe overcrowding, drugs, and the lack of in-cell sanitation are major problems in Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison, a report revealed today.

Fri, 08 Jun, 2007