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Overcrowding in prisons currently at a crisis point
Manage episode 427369926 series 2576057
The Irish Prison Officer's Association say that overcrowding in prisons is currently at a crisis point.
At the end of June, the number of inmates in the country's prisons passed the 5 thousand mark for the first time ever - that's nearly 500 over capacity.
Concern is now being expressed that the levels of overcrowding could led to a violent outburst.
Deputy General Secretary of the Irish Prison Officer's Association, and Sligo native, Gabriel Keaveny says that any solutions that they have offered have been shot down.
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Manage episode 427369926 series 2576057
The Irish Prison Officer's Association say that overcrowding in prisons is currently at a crisis point.
At the end of June, the number of inmates in the country's prisons passed the 5 thousand mark for the first time ever - that's nearly 500 over capacity.
Concern is now being expressed that the levels of overcrowding could led to a violent outburst.
Deputy General Secretary of the Irish Prison Officer's Association, and Sligo native, Gabriel Keaveny says that any solutions that they have offered have been shot down.
3469 afleveringen
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