Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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It was mentioned that there are 72 people in solitary confinement. What is the reason for that? Is that for their own protection or because they pose a threat to prison staff?