Mr. John Costello:

The main problem, which I have set out in the written submission, seems to be that they lose rights for temporary release and also lose other privileges. It is just prison practice. It should not affect their existing rights but it seems it does. I have not had a meeting with the prison governors and I want to do that in the new year and raise the issue. One prisoner who was moved to Loughan House after four years said he did not enter the parole process because he would not have been moved there so quickly had he done so. There is something seriously wrong.