Person: Michael Mellett

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Prison a ‘powder keg’ for people with psychiatric problems

PRISON has been described by the Irish Penal Reform Trust as the worst possible place for a person with schizophrenia and a “powder keg” for people with psychiatric problems after a 25-year-old Dubliner, who suffers from schizoaffective disorder, was found guilty of the manslaughter of a fellow Mountjoy inmate.

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Sinn Féin TD accuses gardaí of Wheelock cover-up

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Commission to probe Douch prison cell murder

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Investigation launched into Mountjoy prison death

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Watchdog criticises Mountjoy death probe

Time for McDowell to heed advice

Call to re-open Spike to ease prison overcrowding

Calls have been made to speed up plans for a new prison for Spike Island following a series of chronic overcrowding problems and a number of violent incidents in Cork and Dublin prisons in recent days.

Sat, 05 Aug, 2006

McDowell orders inquiry into death

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell yesterday ordered an independent inquiry into the death of Mountjoy prisoner Gary Douch.

Wed, 02 Aug, 2006

McDowell to blame for jail conditions

THE necessity to establish an independent inquiry into the death of a prisoner in Mountjoy Prison is indicative of the intolerable overcrowding conditions that have been allowed to flourish in recent years by the policy of the present Government, spearheaded by Justice Minister Michael McDowell.

Wed, 02 Aug, 2006