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Acting Prisons Commissioner Hayden Forde has admitted it is “very alarming and concerning” that prison officers continue to engage in the smuggling of contraband into the nation’s prisons.
This, despite regular searches and repeated warnings by both prison and police officials that anyone caught would face the full brunt of the law.
Responding to questions by Guardian Media following the arrest of a 31-year-old prison officer yesterday morning during a coordinated multi-agency raid at the Maximum Security Prison (MSP) in Arouca, Forde reinforced his early promise to “Lock them up with their friends.”
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