Gardaí probe death of prisoner (34) at Cloverhill Prison
The incident happened around 11am yesterday morning.
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The incident happened around 11am yesterday morning.
The victim, Mark Lawlor, was found dead in Cloverhill Prison on Saturday.
A man in his 50s has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
A Garda investigation has been launched.
The judge said the boy had “suffered a nasty little life experience” but had fortunately fully recovered.
Eric Harcourt, aged 22, climbed onto the roof of Cloverhill Prison and remained there for over 12 hours.
Approximately 200 staff are supposed to work at the prison each day.
An inmate who held another hostage in a cell was given a three and a half year sentence today.
An anti-torture committee has raised serious concerns about conditions in Irish prisons.
The 21-year-old Afghan migrant had his face slashed and his arm broken when he was taken hostage by other inmates.
The car struck a bollard and none of the prison staff were injured.
The prisoner will be brought before a full disciplinary hearing.
Stab vests were issued to prisoner officers as a precaution.
At Edward Connor’s sentencing this week, the court heard specific rehabilitation services for Deaf people will not be put in place until next year.
Marius Sarzynski was found by prison staff last night.
Over the past year, Samaritans recorded 1,100 formal contacts within the six prisons in its Listener Scheme, an 83 per cent increase on 2011.
The juvenile detention centre has had more illegal mobile phones seized so far this year than any other prison.
A man is being questioned by Gardaí over a fatal hit-and-run incident in Cabra, Dublin, in which a 14-year-old boy died last December.
Staff and inmates at the prison in Clondalkin are being tested after a number of prison officers tested positive for TB.