Report published into death of 34-year-old prisoner at Cloverhill Prison
should intensify its efforts to physically prevent contraband from entering prisons and to detect its presence once on the premises, the Office of the Inspector of Prison has urged.
A report by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons into the death of a 34-year-old man, identified as Mr E, who died at Cloverhill in August 2021 was given to Minister for Justice Helen McEntee in February and laid before the Oireachtas this week. “This strategy should examine the use of technology, architectural disruptions, as well as how to prevent exploitation and coercion being used as a means to bring drugs and other contraband into a prison.”The report says that at the time of his death, Mr E was sharing a cell with two other prisoners and during the afternoon of August 11st, 2021, they were given access to the exercise yard.
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