Prison Surveillance

Prison officers carried out covert surveillance which may have broken the law, but did not deliberately monitor private conversations between solicitors and prisoners, a report has found. The Inspector of Prisons, Patricia Gilheaney, was asked by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan last November to ex

Irish lawyers and prisoners could take legal action over reports of covert surveillance in Irish prisons, human rights lawyer Kevin Winters has warned. The Inspector of Prisons, Patricia Gilheaney, was asked by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan last November to examine allegations that private conve