Over 2,000 litres of ‘hooch’ seized in jails in two years

More than 2,000 litres of homemade alcohol has been seized from prisoners over the past two years.

The potent homebrew or ‘hooch’ is made from water, sugar, fruit, and bread, which is mixed in plastic bottles and left hidden in cells until it ferments.

Documents released under the Freedom of Information Acts reveal 2,046 litres of hooch was confiscated from prisoners in the State’s 14 detention centres in 2013 and 2014.