Human rights body to discuss 'prison overcrowding litigation'

The State’s human rights commission and the prisons’ inspector are to discuss legal concerns over potential breaches of European laws caused by the prison overcrowding crisis.

Chief Inspector of Prisons Mark Kelly told the Oireachtas justice committee that he was due to meet the head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Ihrec) on the subject.

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