Former resident of closed halfway house found dead

A WARNING that ex-offenders attempting to turn their lives around would end up either dead or back in prison following the closure of a state-funded halfway way house has come tragically true.

Last November, Kazelain house in Sligo, a boarding house for men funded by the Department of Justice, was closed down after an independent review found it was not value for money.

This week one of its former residents was found dead in his Sligo flat, while two more of the men are back in prison.