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Rocky the Dog and the Sit Down Protest

category limerick | crime and justice | feature author Saturday September 01, 2007 13:29author by ronan Report this post to the editors

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On Tuesday afternoon there was a sit down protest by about 30 inmates in the yard of Limerick Prison. According to rte.ie the protest was against harsh punishments imposed on those caught with drugs by the prison governor, as the deployment of 'Rocky' the sniffer dog has led to the seizure of most drugs coming into Limerick Prison.

Listeners to Tuesday’s Newstalk’s ‘Lunchtime with Eamon Keane’ were treated to the unappetising performance of Eamon and his Mid-West correspondent crowing victoriously about Rocky’s successes and the resulting problems for users experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

For anyone who hasn’t seen Trainspotting, going off heroin cold turkey is not a pretty picture; one Rehab centre lists common symptoms such as tremors, panic, chills, nausea, muscle cramps, insomnia, stomach cramps, diarrhea, vomiting, shaking, chills or profuse sweating, irritability and jitteryness. Given the generally scant facilities for treatment of addicts in Irish prison it’s unlikely that prisoners received much in the way of assistance. It’s a tad disquieting when it’s acceptable to publicly gloat over this kind of experience in other people.

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But the right wing loves this kind of bullshit, they love to condemn and criminalise the most powerless sectors of society, they should do, it works perfectly to their advantage. Heroin use is endemic in Irish prisons, this is not surprising given that Ireland’s prison population are overwhelmingly drawn from a small number of areas of extreme disadvantage, areas in which heroin use is also a severe problem. But that’s not the whole story, one survey of heroin use in prisons in Ireland found that one in five users had first injected while in prison, suggesting that prison actually makes the problem worse rather than better (Source: IPRT submission to European Committee for the Prevention of Torture 2006). It's not a massive leap of the imagination to suggest that the dire conditions for Irish prisoners including overcrowding, long periods of lock up, and a lack of purposeful activity help to encourage drug use as a welcome escape from this harsh reality.

Despite the thousands of people with addiction related problems being incarcerated annually, there are only a few dozen places available on a treatment program, with the only other option being the secure wing in Mountjoy. One might be so optimistic as to think that treating addiction would be an obvious first step in developing a humane and rehabilitative service, but obviously the Irish prison system does not operate in the realms of earthly logic. Prison policy in Ireland, when it isn't 'tougher sentences, tougher bail' is 'more of the same'. The relatively new prison at Cloverhill is dire and dingy, it's not likely that the 'Super-prison' yet to be built will be much better.

Politicians love to shit on prisoners cos it makes them seem clean. Seizing drugs, phones and budgies don't solve anything, they just distract from the social causes of crime. If there's to be any justice in the justice system, it won't come from the state, it will have to come from people organising to demand it.

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   1 in 5     dc    Fri Aug 31, 2007 08:30 
   Might be time for Rocky to head for a Safe Kennel in a Witness Protection Program?     Limerick Prison Graduate    Sat Sep 01, 2007 15:24 
   One night very soon, Rocky, in a dark alley, u fucker ... !     CUJO    Sat Sep 01, 2007 18:19 
   Rocky rescue mission     Deirdre    Sat Sep 01, 2007 19:14 
   rocky for president     aristotle    Sat Sep 01, 2007 21:13 
   Ponder this one Aristotle     Limerick Prison Graduate    Sat Sep 01, 2007 21:41 
   Rocky, what a splendid photo and wearing the Captains Cap as well     Michelle Clarke    Sat Sep 01, 2007 22:45 
   Social Justice and Ethics     Kevin T. Walsh    Sun Sep 02, 2007 18:27 
   Politics.ie hate Indymedia, boo hoo.     Chucky Our Law.    Sun Sep 02, 2007 21:39 
 10   Jeez!     Browser.    Sun Sep 02, 2007 23:03 
 11   errr... right     ronan    Sun Sep 02, 2007 23:06 
 12   Prisoners     Diogenes    Mon Sep 03, 2007 13:42 
 13   Rocky Horror Show at Politics.ie     Deirdre    Mon Sep 03, 2007 14:23 
 14   WSM on Repression     d    Mon Sep 03, 2007 16:01 
 15   Treatment of Prisoners a disgrace.......What can be done?     Michelle Clarke    Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:23 
 16   Shaggy dog story     Seán Ryan    Tue Sep 04, 2007 23:00 
 17   Convolutions     PrisonWatch    Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:31 
 18   just me     vinnie    Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:24 
 19   Playstations & plasmas     Diogenes    Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:22 
 20   re Diogenes     vinnie    Wed Sep 05, 2007 14:14 
 21   Integrating into society is a bit of a challenge isn't it?     elmer fudd    Wed Sep 05, 2007 14:37 
 22   HERE HERE!     VINNIE    Wed Sep 05, 2007 14:58 
 23   add on     vinnie    Wed Sep 05, 2007 15:03 
 24   Playstations, anti-social behaviour and the Judicial system     Gan ainm    Wed Sep 05, 2007 16:22 
 25   A Rocky, mo cheol thú!     Jacqueline Fallon    Wed Sep 05, 2007 16:24 
 26   Prisoners should choose a better subject to protest about!     Jacqueline Fallon    Wed Sep 05, 2007 18:10 
 27   no offence     C. Murray    Wed Sep 05, 2007 18:33 
 28   hmmm     Dave    Thu Sep 06, 2007 18:58 
 29   hmmmmmmmmmmmm.mmm     ask the prison officers    Thu Sep 06, 2007 19:32 
 30   See the news anyone?     Gan ainm    Fri Sep 07, 2007 20:25 
 31   Drugs in Limerick     Deirdre    Sat Sep 08, 2007 19:31 
 32   rocky our hero     aristotle    Sat Sep 08, 2007 20:08 
 33   Let the breeze up your cape aristotle     aside    Sat Sep 08, 2007 20:18 
 34   Where is the prison report hidden-in Berties wall safe?     Great gas    Mon Sep 17, 2007 13:18 
 35   To Soldiers of Destiny     Michelle Clarke    Sat Sep 22, 2007 20:00 
 36   Meeting at Citi west tomorrow     Michelle Clarke    Sun Sep 23, 2007 02:05 
 37   LINK- Merlin the Australian Explosive Dog Killed in Afghanistan     OZ    Wed Sep 26, 2007 16:44 
 38   Dogs: Two page spread Daily Mail......dogs without a home     Michelle Clarke    Sat Feb 09, 2008 23:28 


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