Bored St Patrick’s Institution prisoners 'left to rot'

St Patrick’s Institution was condemned today as a warehouse containing young people in total and absolute boredom.

Bored St Patrick’s Institution prisoners 'left to rot'

St Patrick’s Institution was condemned today as a warehouse containing young people in total and absolute boredom.

Human rights campaigner Fr Peter McVerry also claimed the vast majority of young people coming out of the medium security prison are more likely to commit crime as a result of their experience behind bars.

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