‘The toilet was filthy and full of old excrement and other material’

The following are some of the “very disturbing” breaches of prisoners’ fundamental rights at St Patrick’s Institution as outlined by Inspector of Prisons Judge Michael Kelly.

Cases in the Committal area of the prison:

* Prisoner A had been placed in his cell minutes before I arrived. He was still standing in the cell. The cell was filthy. A considerable quantity of old, stale food was on the floor and especially behind the door. The toilet was not flushing — it was filthy and full of old excrement and other material. The sink was filthy, with no water in the taps. No pillow. No TV and bare wires from the wall.