€600k in compensation paid to inmates due to injuries

Inmates in Irish prisons were awarded €600,000 last year in compensation payments for injuries.

Figures released by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan show that €594,968 was paid out to prisoners for a range of injuries and exposures to hazards. That was a decrease of 8.2% from 2016.

The figures, which were provided in response to a parliamentary question from Social Democrats co-leader, Catherine Murphy, did not provide any information on the number of claimants, nor on the level of awards made to individual prisoners.