Inmates were put in hospital after taking homemade benzos which were thrown into a prison yard this week, it has emerged.
The Irish Prison Service says drug use has soared once more following the pandemic as it works on strategies to combat the issue. Its Director General Caron McCaffrey says the IPS estimates that around 40% of people admitted to jail have drugs concealed internally.
And 70% of lags have an “active” addiction. They are looking at new technology to help fight that such as an X-Ray scanner system which would show if someone has drugs concealed internally.
