Last November David McDonald, an assistant chief officer in the prison service, made serious allegations of malpractice about what has gone on in the state's prisons. These included the illegal surveillance of prison officers and the manner in which deaths in custody were mishandled within the service.An inquiry ordered by the Minister for Justice found that most of his allegations had substance. Since he blew the whistle, ACO McDonald has, he claims, been targeted for ill treatment by management in the service. He talks to Mick Clifford about working in an elite unit of the prison service, why he decided to blow the whistle and why he feels that the prison service requires major reform.
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