Watchdog hits out at lack of checks on vulnerable prisoner

The prison watchdog has criticised prison officers at Cork Prison for not carrying out regular checks on a vulnerable prisoner who was found dead in his cell last year.

Acting inspector of prisons, Helen Casey also found official prison records of times of checks on the inmate were “incorrect and misleading.”

Ms Casey reviewed CCTV footage which proved records that claimed staff checked on the man four times an hour were inaccurate.