Sources say there are serious concerns for all of the prisoners
The Irish Mirror understands eight prisoners have all been transferred out of Portlaoise Prison this evening after its suspected they overdosed on a synthetic drug.
In a statement the Irish Prison Service said: “The Irish Prison Service is working closely with the HSE in response to a number of overdose presentations in custody. The Prison Service has secured extra naloxone kits in the event of clinical intervention. “Prison staff have increased the use of random and intelligence led cell searches on a daily basis. Our Canine Unit carry out searches around the prisons, including a greater focus on searching deliveries into prisons.
“The Irish Prison Service are committed to strengthening our measures in keeping drugs out of prison and in this regard a new Drug Strategy was published last November. This new strategy sets out clear measures to be taken by the Irish Prison Service to tackle the problem of substance abuse in prisons over the next three years.”
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