Call to end special status for paramilitary prisoners at Maghaberry

No other European country would tolerate the prison regime in Northern Ireland that separates paramilitary inmates from other convicted offenders, an Assembly member has claimed.

Call to end special status for paramilitary prisoners at Maghaberry

No other European country would tolerate the prison regime in Northern Ireland that separates paramilitary inmates from other convicted offenders, an Assembly member has claimed.

Ulster Unionist Doug Beattie called for an end to the special status afforded to loyalist and republican paramilitaries at HMP Maghaberry ahead of an Assembly debate on the controversial issue on Monday.

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