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Former Mountjoy Governor says people should be fined rather than jailed

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The former Governor of Mountjoy Prison says the justice system should hit people where it hurts – their pockets.

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Bansha native John Lonergan says those with money and resources should be penalised financially when they break the law.

He was referring to the 3 year sentence given to a woman yesterday for welfare fraud to the tune of €229,000 – which she had paid back.

John Lonergan says punishing people financially, in some cases, could do some good.

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