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# jail visits

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2022

Irish Prison Service cancels in person visits to inmates in all jails in response to Covid-19

Family visits will be temporarily suspended from 10 January until 24 January, 2022.

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Jan 7th 2022, 9:10 PM

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'4,000 people are doing time in Irish Prisons - 4,000 families are doing time outside'

New documentary looks at how families of prisoners cope in the outside world.

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Mar 31st 2014, 7:15 AM