It follows a recommendation by the Inspector of Prisons after a series of incidents in which inmates were found to have died while locked in their cells
The Irish Prison Service is poised to trial cutting-edge technology designed to monitor the vital signs of inmates in a bid to prevent deaths in custody.
READ MORE: Prisoner found dead in cell after 'trying to get into sink', shouting that his child was in a vent It was only when cells were unlocked the next morning that prison officers noticed that the inmate did not move and realised that he had died, finding that he was cold to the touch and rigor mortis had set in.
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