The human rights of children and young adults at St Patrick’s Institution are being ignored or violated, a scathing report has found.

AN INCOHERENT prisoner, who was covered in his own excrement, crawled naked in his cell for at least six days because there was no place for him in the Central Mental Hospital.

PRISON bosses are planning to address persistent problems regarding the supply of drugs over jail walls and the lack of security cameras in key prisons.

The Inspector of Prisons has recommended that Irish jails be privatised in an effort to make them more efficient and cost-effective.