Wheatfield Prison
  Location in Dublin | |
| Location | Clondalkin,Dublin 22,Ireland |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 53°20′28″N6°22′57″W/ 53.3410°N 6.3826°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium security |
| Capacity | 540 |
| Population | 426 (as of 2009) |
| Opened | 1989 |
| Managed by | Irish Prison Service |
| Governor | Martin O’Neill |
Wheatfield Place of Detention(Irish:Príosún Pháirc na Cruithneachta) is a closed, medium security prison located on Cloverhill Road,Clondalkin,Dublin 22.It receives male prisoners of 17 years of age and older from the counties ofLouth,Meath,Monaghan,WexfordandWicklow.It has a bed capacity of 430 and in 2009 the average daily number of inmates resident was 426.[1]
History[edit]
The construction of Wheatfield Prison began in 1980 and it opened nine years later in 1989.Cloverhill Prison,a remand prison, is located on a site adjacent to it. Both institutions share many of the same facilities. The prison was used in the TV seriesThe Governorby ITV in 1994 and inLove/HateforRTÉin 2013.[2]
Attempted drug smuggling via UAV[edit]
Around 11am on 24 June 2014 a quadcopter crashed into an exercise yard of the prison.[3][4][5]The quadcopter collided with wires designed to prevent helicopters landing to aid escapes, causing it to crash.[3][4][5]A package containing drugs hung from the quadcopter by a rope and was seized by a group of prisoners before prison staff could get to it.[3][4][5]One prisoner swallowed the drugs and was placed into solitary confinement along with several others.[3][5]The quadcopter was badly damaged by the crash, though an unsuccessful attempt was made to fly it out of the prison.[3][4][5]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^Irish Prison Service (2010).Annual Report(PDF).Dublin. pp. 10–12. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 1 May 2011.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^Irish Prisons Inspectorate (2007).Wheatfield Prison Inspection: 10th - 12th and 19th - 21st April 2nd, 3rd, & 16th May 2006(PDF).Dublin.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^abcdeLally, Conor (25 June 2014)."Remote control helicopter used to smuggle drugs into prison".The Irish Times.Retrieved25 June2014.
- ^abcd"Airborne device crashes at Wheatfield Prison".RTÉ News.25 June 2014.Retrieved25 June2014.
- ^abcdeFeehan, Conor; Hutton, Brian (25 June 2014)."Video: Remote control drone carrying drugs crash-lands at Wheatfield Prison".Irish Independent.Retrieved25 June2014.