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Report after report has documented the problems with St Patrick’s Institution – but now we need to actually deal with young offenders in a meaningful way.
A prison officer in St Patrick’s says all the current problems in St Patrick’s Institution will just be recreated when the inmates move to Wheatfield Prison.
The Inspector of Prisons has reported incidents of forced stripping of prisoners, excessive punishment, and bullying and intimidation of young and vulnerable inmates by staff at the facility.
The report said there has been no outcome from a complaint to the Garda Ombudsman and there was “little external advocacy and intervention” on behalf of the young person involved.
Prisoners at the institution, which houses offenders aged 16 to 21, are placed on protection when they are under threat from other inmates or pose a risk to the prison population.
YESTERDAY WAS QUITTER’S day, according to research by Strava, the social network for sports and fitness, as reported in USA Today.
The after-Christmas period generally leads many of us to take up health and fitness related resolutions, whether it’s a dry January, exercising more, or maybe eating a bit less sugar.
The 17th of January was the day most people were likely to give up on their resolutions, according to the Strava study, which looked at more than 108 million US entries. It also found that more than 40% of people do stick with resolutions up to six months, while Thursdays are the worst days for keeping up fitness targets.
So, today we want to know: Have you stuck with your New Year’s resolutions this far?
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