Treatment of female prisoners criticised

JUSTICE Minister Alan Shatter has described as “unacceptable” the treatment of female inmates in two cases highlighted in a recent inspection report on Dochas Women’s Prison.

Mon, 28 Nov, 2011 - 00:00

Cormac O’Keeffe

Mr Shatter confirmed to the Dáil that women were stripped naked for a search and given only towels to cover themselves for an internal body scan.

He was responding to a series of claims in the 2010 report of the Dochas Visiting Committee.

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