micheailin o'cinnsealach (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} fenian32) wrote,@ 2008-09-13 03:42:00 |
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New clampdown on prisoners’ phones
Breaking News.ie
12/09/2008
The Prison Service has confirmed that a blocking system on prisoners' phones will be operational in the Midlands Prison next month and in Portlaoise in four months time.
Tighter screening of prison visitors will also be introduced to prevent drugs being brought in for inmates.
However, Fine Gael has criticised the delay in implementing the tighter security measures.
Fine Gael’s justice spokesperson Charlie Flanagan has said 2,000 mobile phones were confiscated last year and 40,000 prisoners tested positive for drugs in the past three years.
He further claimed that successive Justice Ministers have allowed a prison regime to exist where security was well down the agenda
Breaking News.ie
12/09/2008
The Prison Service has confirmed that a blocking system on prisoners' phones will be operational in the Midlands Prison next month and in Portlaoise in four months time.
Tighter screening of prison visitors will also be introduced to prevent drugs being brought in for inmates.
However, Fine Gael has criticised the delay in implementing the tighter security measures.
Fine Gael’s justice spokesperson Charlie Flanagan has said 2,000 mobile phones were confiscated last year and 40,000 prisoners tested positive for drugs in the past three years.
He further claimed that successive Justice Ministers have allowed a prison regime to exist where security was well down the agenda
