More than 2,000 inmates receiving methadone treatment
The number of inmates on a methadone treatment programme across the prison system last year was the highest since 2012.
Figures contained in a new tender document issued by the Irish Prison Service (IPS) shows that 2,080 prisoners received drug treatment (methadone) last year, including 436 in Mountjoy and 210 in the adjoining Dochas women’s prison. The last time the annual figure was above 2,000 was when 2,176 inmates received treatment in 2012.
