Wardens may be punished for locked-out prisoner incident

Prison staff in the country’s newest jail could face disciplinary action after an inmate was accidentally locked outside in the exercise yard overnight.

Wardens may be punished for locked-out prisoner incident

James McDonagh, a brother of Martin McDonagh, the inmate at the centre of the incident at the new €45m Cork Prison, said his family had feared for Martin’s safety.

“It was a very cold night. He could have been found dead in the yard the next morning,” James McDonagh told The Opinion Line on Cork’s 96FM yesterday.

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