Prison population now ‘unsafe and unacceptable’ as it nears 5,000, prison officers say

The surge in prisoner numbers to a record high over 4,900 is “unsafe and unacceptable” and it was time the Government stopped making false promises about dealing with the situation, the Prison Officers’ Association has said.

“Today the number of prisoners in custody is about to reach a staggering 5,000,” Mr Power said at the opening of the POA annual conference in Sligo last night. “That is an incredible 25 per cent increase on the figure of five years ago.‘Today Milly’s voice was heard’: Mother of girl who died by suicide took case to highlight ‘woefully inadequate’ mental health servicesMichael D Higgins: ‘What I had was a form of mild stroke.

He pointed out more prisoners were now being crammed into cells designed for one or two, in a process known as “doubling up”. In Cork Prison, for example, 52 prisoners were sleeping on floors, with prisoner numbers increasing to 352 at present compared with 287 a year ago.

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