Word: bresnihan
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...VALERIE BRESNIHAN, Irish Penal Reform Trust
...unfurnished padded cells" where conditions were often "filthy," sometimes left naked or in their underwear. The delegation called these practices "inhuman and degrading" and called on the authorities to end them immediately. The government has promised new observation cells for inmates with psychiatric problems, but according to Valerie Bresnihan of the Irish Penal Reform Trust, "they aren't abolishing padded cells, just revamping them. Our prisons remain in serious breach of international standards on human rights," she says. The Irish government has long promised an independent police-complaints commission, but even if it is created, critics fear the vast majority...
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