Call for prison chief to resign

Northern Ireland’s prison chief faced demands for his resignation today over alleged abuse of loyalists held in a high security jail.

Call for prison chief to resign

Northern Ireland’s prison chief faced demands for his resignation today over alleged abuse of loyalists held in a high security jail.

The Prisoners Human Rights Watch (PHRW) urged Peter Russell to quit, and called for a public inquiry into the treatment of men held in a separated regime at the Maghaberry complex near Lisburn, Co Antrim.

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