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Irish Prison Service asked for end to extra court sittings and use of garda station cells for prisoners due to overcrowding pressures – TheStory.ie

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The Irish Prison Service pleaded with the Department of Justice to stop scheduling extra court sittings and to consider using cells in garda stations for prisoners. A message from their director of operations said they had done everything in their power to deal with overcrowding in jails as numbers in custody approached 5,000. However, the senior official said they had now run out of options and “decisions outside of their control” meant the num…
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thestory.ie broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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