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RTÉ Six One News: Violence in Prisons

29th October 2009

Liam Herrick on RTÉ's Six One News_29102009Today, RTÉ's Six One News reported on serious incidents which have taken place in Mountjoy Prison and Castlerea Prison in recent days.

IPRT's Liam Herrick spoke to RTÉ about rising levels of violence in Irish prisons, and how overcrowding creates difficult conditions in which to manage prisons.

Watch the news item here.

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