The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is denying that cameras found in staff locker rooms in two prisons recently were being used for covert surveillance. Cameras were found by prison officers in the locker rooms in Castlerea and Cloverhill prisons in the last 10 days. Within Irish prisons, the CCTV system is run by a contracted company, not prison staff. In 2018, then minister for justice Charlie Flanagan ordered a report into covert surveillance in Irish prisons following the publication in the Irish Examiner of allegations made by a prison officer. The report, compiled by the Inspector of Prisons, found there had been covert surveillance conducted by a private investigation firm.

Source: Irish Examiner February 12, 2021 06:30 UTC