Time to end culture of Omerta in Irish prisons and ensure proper oversight before it is too late

Sources at every level within the Irish Prison Service have contacted the Irish Examiner over the years to express concerns, ranging from sexual harassment to malpractice in the investigation of deaths in custody, writes Michael Clifford

On June 11, Fianna Fáil TD Marc McSharry made a number of allegations in the Dáil about malpractice and criminality in our prisons.