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 5,000 mark for the first time ever – that’s nearly 500 over capacity.
Concern is now being expressed that the levels of overcrowding could lead 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.
