The Midlands Prison in Portlaoise, Co Laois, where 57 prisoners on average have been sleeping on floors. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd
The number of people sleeping on prison floors has surged amid a deepening overcrowding crisis.
Last Monday night, 504 prisoners were sleeping on the floors of jails on mattresses because no beds were available.
That was more than double the 207 prisoners sleeping on mattresses on the same day last year.
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