263 episodes of self-harm in Irish prisons in one year, according to new report

The new report showed 263 episodes of self harm in Irish prisons in 2018.File picture: Eddie O'Hare

Inmates in Irish prisons self-harm at a rate of more than one incident every two days, according to a new report into the problem.

The latest report from the Self-Harm Assessment and Data Analysis Project (SADA) noted that in the full year 2018 there were 263 episodes of self-harm recorded in Irish prisons. Those incidents involved 147 separate individuals, the report said.