FAMILIES using the planned bus service to the new “super prison” in north Dublin for visits will be pressurised to carry drugs and targeted by other families to “settle scores” inside prison, it was claimed yesterday.

Alternatives to prison should be considered for women who commit minor offences, Senator Ivana Bacik claimed today.

Northern Ireland’s Human Rights Commission needs more money, additional powers and better support from Whitehall if it is to operate effectively, a parliamentary committee reported today.