Douch died after litany of system failures

The violent death of a prisoner in Mountjoy Prison followed a litany of failures within the Irish prison system in the way the victim and his "vulnerable" killer were treated.

Gary Douch, 21, died on August 1, 2006, after he was brutally beaten by another prisoner, Stephen Egan, in a holding cell he was sharing with six other prisoners.

Yesterday, the Commission of Investigation released a long report into the killing which found Mr Douch’s death was avoidable and pinpointed overcrowding, poor mental health supports for prisoners, and other systemic failures as factors.