Two of the biggest ever seizures of contraband were recorded in recent years in Mountjoy Prison. Photograph: David Sleator/THE IRISH TIMESSeizures of mobile phones and drugs in Irish prisons increased by around 20 per cent last year with the annual level of contraband uncovered by prison staff in the country’s jails having more than doubled in the space of five years.
The adjoining prison in Cloverhill had the second highest number of seizures of mobile phones with 328 followed by Mountjoy where 302 handsets were found during 2021. Wheatfield again recorded the highest level of illegal drugs found in any of the adult prisons with 453 seizures, although the figures were down slightly on the number in the west Dublin prison in 2020.In contrast to mobile phones and drugs, the number of weapons seized in prisons was effectively unchanged with 292 items confiscated by prison staff last year.
No contraband was found in three prisons last year – Arbour Hill in Dublin and the two open prisons at Loughan House, Co Cavan and Shelton Abbey, Co Wicklow.
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