PRISON OVERCROWDING – A ‘NATIONAL SCANDAL’

Date: May 7, 2026 - Craic & Codology

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Overcrowding in Ireland’s prisons has reached the level of a “national scandal” the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) has claimed. Said one screw under condition of anonymity: “The situation has become almost unsustainable, what with Kinahans being sent back from abroad and judges now sending every member of the Burke family to prison on a rolling… Read more »

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