PODCAST: Local bishop says prison conditions ’not good enough’ | Shannonside.ie
By Eoghan Murphy · Shannonside · 13 October 2026
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Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon is currently overcrowded.Officially, there are only enough beds for 412 people, but there are 30 more inmates in custody, at 44...
Officially, there are only enough beds for 412 people, but there are 30 more inmates in custody, at 442.
It's a similar situation in many other prisons around the country.
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