Mentally-ill prisoners denied rights

In addition to four suicides in Irish prisons in 2002, there were 93 parasuicides, which are classified as non-fatal acts deliberately undertaken

So far this year, there has been one suicide and 37 parasuicides.

The Irish Penal Reform Trust is very critical of the minister for justice and the prison system, accusing them of breaking international human rights protocols for dealing with prisoners, especially mentally-ill prisoners.