A lot of prisoners should not be in prison, according to a former Assistant Governor amid increasing overcrowding in Irish prisons.
Many prisoners should not be in prison, according to a former Assistant Governor, amid increasing overcrowding.
“Life’s unfortunate, and there’s an awful lot of mentally ill people who end up in prison who would be better off in hospital.” “Our system has to be robust and has to be there to incarcerate those that have done something so horrendous,” she said.
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