Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

We had an opportunity recently to visit Midlands Prison and it is fair to say we were very impressed by the testing procedures in place there for drugs and other contraband. However, am I not correct in stating that Midlands Prison is an exception and that similarly stringent security provisions are not deployed in other prisons? Serious problems have arisen in Dublin's prisons in regard to the smuggling of drugs and, sadly, we have to deal with circumstances whereby people who entered prison free of drugs are leaving as addicts.

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