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:

There may be a unit in Wheatfield Prison that is drug free. As we had them in St. Patrick's Institution many years ago, it is not a new initiative. Dr. Vanessa Fowler, the European expert in this area, visited St. Patrick's Institution and, despite all the criticism it had received during the years, she found it to be one of the best she had ever seen, describing it as a model of best practice. Anyone in Europe could have come to St. Patrick's Institution and seen how to do it properly; therefore, the knowledge and skill sets are available within the system. We should do a lot more of this.

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