Mountjoy denies drug security claims

THE Prison Service has contradicted dramatic claims in the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) report that staff at Mountjoy Prison were not subjected to the same strict drug security measures as visitors.

Everyone entering Irish prisons — staff, visitors and prisoners — are supposed to go through airport-style security to keep drugs out.

The measures include walk-through X-ray scanners, drug detection dogs and, in some cases, special seats that check body orifices for concealed drugs.