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The spokesman explained that mass testing for all staff and prisoners is ongoing in Cloverhill Prison and no prisoners to date have tested positive for Covid-19. “The Dochas Centre and Loughan House have completed their mass testing and have returned to a normal regime and the situation will continue to be carefully monitored by local management,” he said in a statement. Earlier this month, it emerged that nine prisoners had tested positive at the Loughan House open prison in Co Cavan with most of these being prisoners who had returned to the facility after getting temporary release over ...

There are currently eight prisoners battling coronavirus in the Irish prison system in three different jails, according to the latest data provided to the Sunday World.

Prisoners not produced for court in Longford due to Covid-19 outbreaks in Irish Prisons Reporter:  '); There are restrictions on the production of prisoners from four a number of Irish prisons due to Covid-19 outbreaks, the Leader can confirm. At a sitting of Longford District Court on Tuesday, it was revealed by Judge Seamus Hughes that a number of prisoners would not be produced from Castlerea, Portlaoise, Wheatfield and Mountjoy prisons. Judge Hughes noted the outbreaks and adjourned a number of cases, including the case of one man who was due to be served the book of evidence on Tuesday...

Three prisoners in Portlaoise and Mountjoy test positive for Covid-19 The prison service is making arrangements for mass testing of prisoners and staff in both locations. By Press Association Tuesday 12 Jan 2021, 7:58 AM Jan 12th 2021, 7:58 AM 14,987 Views 12 Comments Image: Shutterstock/MikeDotta Two are in high-security Portlaoise and one in the progression unit in Mountjoy. A Prison Service statement said: “The prisoners were not recent...