Report: Prison blighted by drugs and overcrowding

Severe overcrowding, drugs, and the lack of in-cell sanitation are major problems in Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison, a report revealed today.

Report: Prison blighted by drugs and overcrowding

Severe overcrowding, drugs, and the lack of in-cell sanitation are major problems in Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison, a report revealed today.

The institution was slammed by a Visiting Committee (VC), which inspected the prison 12 times during 2006.

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