Afghan youth ‘traumatised’ by jail attack

The solicitor for a detained Afghan youth who was slashed across the face during Wednesday’s riot in Cloverhill Prison said his client is "deeply traumatised" by the experience.

Conal Boyce said Wali Ullah Safi had travelled some 6,000km to get here in the hope of finding “a safe haven”, but found himself “further brutalised” within Ireland’s prison system.

Mr Boyce said he was due to meet his client in Cloverhill Prison today and speak to him with the aid of an interpreter.