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Thu 07 Jul 2010State only country in western Europe allowing practice
More than 1,000 Irish prisoners have to slop out their cells every morning, writes Carol Coulter, Legal Affairs Editor
THE HIGH Court judgment finding that slopping out in Portlaoise Prison did not violate a prisoner’s constitutional rights does not give the Government the green light to continue the practice. It indicated that in another case, with other facts, the outcome might be different.
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