Prison crisis to worsen as Britain to deport criminals

IRELAND’S prison overcrowding crisis is set to worsen after the British government announced plans to deport Irish inmates serving sentences in its jails back to this country.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed the plans as part of an attempt to address his own penal service’s capacity difficulties.

The Conservative Party leader said he will be asking justice secretary Ken Clarke to “see if we can do better” than the deposed Labour government on the issue.