Inquest told of prisoner's drug death

A 24-hour ‘lock-down’ of prisoners in St Patrick’s Institution in Dublin would not stop drugs being smuggled in illegally, the deputy governor said today.

Seamus Cramer of the prison said officers worked hard to stop drugs getting in, as he spoke at the inquest of John Paul Mitchell, 20, of Orchard Park, The Curragh, Co Kildare, who died with massive amounts of ecstasy in his system.