Inmate’s human rights violated, say inspectors

PRISON inspectors claim a female inmate has suffered a “serious violation of her human rights” and that other women in Dochas Prison were subjected to “unnecessary humiliation” by being ordered to strip naked in front of male staff for an internal body scan.

And inspectors said inmates in Mountjoy Prison are becoming addicted to drugs because they are being forced to share cells with addicts due to the absence of drug-free areas in the jail.

The findings were seen in the 2010 annual reports of 14 visiting committees which were published yesterday afternoon by Justice Minister Alan Shatter.