Riot squad teams deployed over 370 times at Portlaoise prison last year

Riot squad teams were deployed over 370 times at Portlaoise maximum security prison last year.

Fri, 14 Jul, 2017 - 18:01

Riot squad teams were deployed over 370 times at Portlaoise maximum security prison last year.

New figures show the Irish Prison Services 'Control and Restraint’ teams were dispatched 273 times at Mountjoy while, riot teams were called into action 102 times at Cloverhill in 2016.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Portlaoise prison Place: Portlaoise maximum security prison Place: Mountjoy Place: Cloverhill Person: John Cuffe Organisation: Irish Prison Services Organisation: and Restraint Organisation: Prison Officers’ Association

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