Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Penal Reform: Prison Officers Association

9:00 am

Mr. John Clinton:

No, and it is a major issue. There are different levels of problems with mental health. People can have issues that can be treated by our nursing staff and people within our prisons but there are people at the other end of the scale who have so many difficulties they need to be in a different type of setting than what we are equipped to deal with.

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