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The Irish Prison Service says up to 14 major gangs are operating in the country’s jails.<\/p>\nThe Irish Prison Service says up to 14 major gangs are operating in the country’s jails.<\/p>\n
It also says the number of protection orders has increased due to the problem of drugs and drug debts of offenders.<\/p>\n
A new joint initiative by the Prison and Probation Services is aiming to reduce reoffending and improve prisoner outcomes.<\/p>\n
Michael Donnellan from the IPS says the level of criminality on the streets in reflected in prison.<\/p>\n
“So we have calculated that there is 12-14 major groupings within the prison service that we are managing on a daily basis,”<\/p>\n
Protection number have gone up in prison because people when they come into prison, they seek protection in our prison environment.<\/p>\n
“There is no doubt that’s linked to drugs, it’s linked to debts of money that people are owed.<\/p>\n
“But we are doing everything that we can to try and give people in prison a proper regime.”<\/p>\n