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Mon 07 Jul 2008Prison officers seek talks following Mountjoy riot
THE PRISON Officers’ Association (POA) is seeking a meeting with officials from the Irish Prison Service to discuss security at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, following violent scenes in the jail at the weekend.
Prison officers were forced to withdraw from a recreational area in the jail on Saturday afternoon when between 70 and 80 inmates barricaded themselves inside.
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