Plans to combat supply of drugs over prison walls

PRISON bosses are planning to address persistent problems regarding the supply of drugs over jail walls and the lack of security cameras in key prisons.

Plans to combat supply of drugs over prison walls

The Inspector of Prisons Judge Michael Reilly said that both issues affected prisons such as Cork, Limerick, St Patrick’s Institution, Wheatfield and Mountjoy.

Given the much-publicised installation of security measures across the prison system in recent years — including airport scanners at point of entry, search teams and canine units — these older problems have continued to dog the system.

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