It is totally unacceptable for mentally unwell people to be in prison when what they need is hospital care, says Irish Prison Service director general Caron McCaffrey
Trial heard accused, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was in the throes of a psychotic state when she stabbed her elderly father to death on his 94th birthday because she believed the voice of God told her he was an imposter
A family member of a long-term inpatient at the facility said: They’re being treated as sub-human, because this would not be tolerated in another hospital