Kinahan-Hutch feud drives ‘explosion’ in jail protection

One-in-three inmates at Mountjoy voluntarily locked up in cells for 21 hours a day over gang fears.

Kinahan-Hutch feud drives ‘explosion’ in jail protection

The Kinahan-Hutch feud has driven an “explosion” in the mass isolation of inmates at Mountjoy Prison, with one in three prisoners at the jail now on protection.

The number of Mountjoy inmates on restricted regimes has trebled in the last four years, with those now on protection locked up in their cells for 21 hours a day.

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