The number of incidents of solitary confinement at the children’s detention centre fell by 44% last year.
There were 1,326 incidents of ‘single separation’ in Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus in 2018 – but only 749 last year.
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The practice is often used if young people are violent or have drugs in their possession.
Tipperary native John Lonergan is a former governor of Mountjoy Prison – he says the reduction is “very welcome as it indicates a vast improvement in overall atmosphere and environment in the centre.”
“What it means is that there are fewer incidents; there are fewer misbehaviors of a serious nature, there’s less conflict and as a result there’s less tension.”
