Cork Prison staff disciplined after CCTV disproves records that inmate was checked every 15 mins before he died

Prison staff have been disciplined after CCTV disproved records that an inmate in Cork Prison was checked every 15 minutes in the hours before he was found dead in his cell.

Cork City Coroner's Court heard the detail today during the inquest into the death of David Blackwell, 52, in a cell in the prison's vulnerable person's unit (VPU) on Jan 2, 2017.