Justice delayed is justice denied

Seven years on from one of the most savage killings in Irish prisons, we still have no answers.

Justice delayed is justice denied

A lot of time has passed since Gary Douche was beaten to death by Stephen Egan, a seriously ill man deprived of his medication, in a packed cell in Mountjoy Prison in Aug 2006.

Things have changed in the Prison Service, but the difficult tasks of protecting vulnerable prisoners and treating inmates with serious mental health problems are still very much live issues.

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