Prison visiting committees have recommended that more should be done to tackle the ongoing problems of drugs, overcrowding and people with a mental illness being detained in the country's jails.

Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald published 11 prison visiting committee reports this morning.

By-and-large the visiting committee to the country's prisons were satisfied with conditions inside with some criticisms.
 
The Mountjoy Committee said the Prison Service has identified drug routes into the prison and a high priority should be given to reducing the supply.