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Severe conditions and systemic failures in Irish prisons led to widespread harm, assaults, and unsafe living environments despite prior warnings.
Follow-up inspections at Ireland’s Mountjoy and Cloverhill prisons reveal ongoing, severe conditions including mold, broken fixtures, inadequate bedding, and unsafe living spaces, with inmates using clothing as pillows and receiving only one towel weekly.
Emergency call systems were routinely disabled, staff failed to respond to alarms, and record-keeping on injuries was poor.
Overcrowding and prolonged isolation contributed to 297 prisoner-on-prisoner and 27 prisoner-on-staff assaults in the past year.
Staffing shortages and healthcare in “serious risk” were also cited, with most prior recommendations unmet, highlighting systemic failures affecting inmate safety and wellbeing.
Las condiciones severas y las fallas sistémicas en las cárceles irlandesas llevaron a daños generalizados, agresiones y entornos de vida inseguros a pesar de las advertencias previas.