Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Irish Penal Reform Trust released a report recently on conditions in Cork Prison. I am aware that the Government is to address the issue of Cork Prison and that contracts for a new prison or to refurbish Cork Prison have been signed. The trust's report highlights the fact that 58% of committals were for non-payment of fines. Recently we saw the inappropriate jailing of Margaretta D'Arcy and heard that Limerick Prison did not have the medical facilities to cope with her imprisonment.

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