Juvenile inmates playing violent computer game

PRISON chiefs yesterday launched an inquiry into allegations that juveniles in detention were playing a violent car video game.

The Irish Prison Service said it was inquiring into whether underage inmates at St Patrick’s Institution had access to Grand Theft Auto, a controversial crime game.

It is thought inmates in the B-wing of the prison, a special school for those aged 16 and under, got their hands on the game through a swap with other adult inmates in the Dublin jail. Another theory being examined is that it was smuggled in by a visitor.