Spike Island to receive a new prison complex amid fears of a return to ‘revolving door policy’

A €70 MILLION prison is to be built on Spike Island in Cork Harbour, Justice Minister Michael McDowell revealed yesterday.

Spike Island to receive a new prison complex amid fears of a return to ‘revolving door policy’
Fri, 05 May, 2006 - 01:00
Donal Hickey

The announcement came two years after a complex on the same site shut its doors.

Money saved through reduced overtime payments to prison officers will be used to help provide more than 1,500 new prison spaces, including the 450-place prison at Spike Island.

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