€707,000 spent on phones for prisoners in Laois

Prisoners in the Midlands Prison can now avail of landline phones in their cells.

A total of €707,194 has been spent placing 804 phones in cells at the prison, according to a report in the Irish Examiner. 

The phones are being installed as part of a wider national programme which has also seen phones installed in cells in Castlerea, Limerick and Cloverhill Prisons.

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Use of the phones will be limited to outgoing telephone calls and only to pre-approved numbers. Time and frequency limits will also be placed on calls.