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Prison Officers Say Breakdown Of Law And Order In Prison System

There's been a general breakdown of law and order in our prison system according to prison officers.

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The comments come after two officers were injured in a melee in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin on Sunday.

The Prison Officers Association says there is a growing view that the system is soft on discipline.

Jim Mitchell is Deputy General Secretary of the Irish Prison Officers Association – he says the growing level of violence is not being taken seriously enough.

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