Seanad debates
Wednesday, 5 March 2003
Prison Visiting Committees: Motion.
Unfortunately, suicides in prisons have been a factor, some of them probably as a result of drug addiction and other reasons. The report comments on that problem. There was an unfortunate incident in Castlerea and it suggests that proper psychological counselling should be made available when this happens. It also suggests that new methods to monitor high risk offenders are needed. It refers to offender after care, including the availability of half-way houses or high support hostels to ensure people integrate back into society.
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