Prisoners’ families ‘will suffer’

FAMILIES of prisoners will suffer as a result of the transfer of inmates from the Mountjoy complex to a new super prison in rural north Dublin, teachers and probation officers said yesterday.

Representative bodies for both professions also criticised the Government for a “total lack of consultation” at the move.

“It’s a further indication of the Government’s lack of concern for families, but it’s nothing new,” said Oliver Fallon, spokesman for the probation and welfare branch of Impact.