Prison bosses have insisted that methadone treatment is available in Cork Prison to inmates with a heroin addiction, contrary to comments by a circuit court judge earlier this week.
But the Irish Prison Service (IPS) said only four inmates were in receipt of the legal substitute drug in Cork Prison.
An IPS spokesman said plans for a more comprehensive service were being worked on after the opening of a new healthcare facility in recent weeks.
Cork Circuit Court Judge Patrick J Moran said on Monday that it was unfortunate a defendant before him could not access methadone in Cork Prison.
Source: Cormac O’Keeffe, Irish Examiner, 10/11/2011
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