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# prison phones

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2022

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Cell phones: €1.1m spent installing telephones in every cell at four prisons

Inmates in Mountjoy and Arbour Hill will have to wait until 2023 before telephones are installed in their cells.

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Jun 19th 2022, 3:50 PM

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Mobile phone seizures in St Patrick's Institution double in 3 years

The juvenile detention centre has had more illegal mobile phones seized so far this year than any other prison.

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Nov 12th 2012, 2:50 PM