Prisoners in quarantine do not have access to showers for up to two weeks

The denial of showering facilities 'is a question of human dignity, and the physical and mental wellbeing of men and women in prison,' said Fíona Ní Chinnéide, the head of the Penal Reform Trust. Picture: Derek Speirs/IPRT/PA Wire

Quarantined prisoners at Mountjoy prison are not being permitted access to showers for the length of their stay in a quarantine location, a period which can last up to 14 days.

Access to showers is being denied on the basis that it poses a risk to other prisoners and staff at the prison.