Record overcrowding in Irish prisons is ‘national scandal’ as gangs thriving & attacks on officers soaring, fume POA

THE overcrowding crisis across the Irish prison system is a national scandal, officers insist. It’s claimed that bullies and gangs within jails are thriving with intimidation and attacks soaring as a result. Violence in the system increased by an alarming 37.5 per cent in 2025 compared to the previous year, with direct physical assaults on...