Prisoners claim Covid-19 restrictions were 'dehumanizing' in new report

The report said lessons should be learnt on how to lessen the suffering of prisoners if there is a second wave of coronavirus and public health restrictions are reimposed. File picture.

Some inmates were forced to stay in their cells for 30 hours during the pandemic, according to a report from the Inspector of Prisons and Maynooth University.

It reveals how they had to eat their meals out of cardboard boxes.