Overcrowding sees 110 inmates released early

MORE than 110 prisoners were given early release in a 10-day period this month because of overcrowding.

Some had up to three months left to complete their sentences.

The figures came after the governor of Mountjoy Jail, John Lonergan, told how inmates were forced to sleep on the floor because of overcrowding. He said that the practice of sending people to jail for minor offences was partly responsible.