Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sub-Committee on Penal Reform

Penal Reform: Discussion

3:10 pm

Fr. Peter McVerry:

We should keep an eye on Mountjoy Prison because in few years time it could be the model prison. All the wings are being refurbished and the present governor is committed to idea of one person one cell. Whether he will get away with that, I do not know but the C wing which has been refurbished is a wonderful place to have to spend one's sentence. If the other wings are refurbished and the policy remains one person one cell, it could be the model for all our other prisons.

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