asked the Minister for Justice if he will state the current daily timetable of a prisoner's routine in Mountjoy Prison.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Mountjoy Prison Routine.
The answer is in the form of a tabular statement, which, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, will be circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
Daily routine of prisoner in Mountjoy
a.m. |
|
7.30 |
Rise, wash, tidy cell. |
8.00 |
Cells unlocked (prisoners on daily working release, helping the trades staff or proceeding to courts, etc., are unlocked earlier). |
a.m. |
|
8.15 |
Breakfast in cell. |
8.45 |
Work commences (in winter prisoners exercise for one hour before work as there is not sufficient light for outdoor exercise in the evenings). |
10.00 |
School for the educationally backward. |
p.m. |
|
12.30 |
Dinner in cell. |
2.00 |
School resumes. |
2.15 |
Work. |
4.30 |
Tea in cell. |
5.30 |
Exercise and recreation (indoor or outdoor depending on weather or light available). |
7.30 |
Supper in cell. |
8.00 |
Cells locked (some corrective trainees are not locked up until 9.30, and those in the prison hostel are not locked up until shortly before 10 p.m.). |
Optional |
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There is Mass or Rosary at 5.45 on alternate evenings. The prison branch of Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 6 o'clock on Thursdays. A lay catechist conducts classes at 9 o'clock each evening and a number of deacons give catechetical instruction on Friday evenings. There is also choir practice from 2 to 3 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays. |