Brain damaged homeless man in prison case 'a social policy failure', says Irish Penal Reform Trust

The man was described as having filthy feet and a rare nail disease not seen in Ireland in decades.

Fíona Ní Chinnéide of the Irish Penal Reform Trust, has described the case of a brain-damaged homeless man, who is being held on remand in Mountjoy Prison, as a "social policy failure" and called for adequate care to be provided to him.

She told RTÉ radio’s Today with Séan O’Rourke show that too many people who should be in therapeutic and psychiatric settings were being held in prisons.