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Number of inmates in jails doing uni courses revealed as Irish Prison Service backs lags ‘using sentence constructively’
thesun_ie · ireland · western europe
THE number of lags doing a degree behind bars is on the rise, The Irish Sun can reveal. They are following in the footsteps of Christy Kinahan Snr who studied Russian and Spanish in Portlaoise jail. There are currently 183 lags in Irish prisons doing an Open University course with 45 new students signing up...
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