Wheatfield Prison recorded the largest number of mobile phones, illegal drugs and weapons seized last year.
And Mountjoy recorded the highest number of hooch finds. New figures from the Irish Prison Service show a total of 1,425 mobiles were found in the country’s 12 adult prisons last year – up 4% on the 2021 figures of 1,369.
The IPS figures also reveal a slight decrease in the number of drug seizures, with illegal drug detections falling by almost 140 from 1,518 in 2021 to 1,378 last year. A total of 495 mobile phones were discovered at Wheatfield, in South Dublin, followed by Mountjoy Prison where 363 handsets were detected and seized.
