Inmates launch dirty protest over rules

FAECES and urine were dumped over the landings of the State's largest prison yesterday as inmates protested new regulations that authorities claim are aimed at cutting down drug-smuggling into the jail.

Dozens of prisoners in Mountjoy’s B wing staged the protest yesterday after prison authorities introduced the new rules. Inmates must nominate six adult visitors who must provide photographic identification before being allowed into the Dublin jail.

Prison officials said it was a co-ordinated protest. At 9.20am, some of the 107 prisoners on the wing began throwing the full chamber pots over the railings of three landings.