556 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on concerns raised in the third report by the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention that the Government has failed to invest in probation and other programmes to reduce recidivism; and his further views on the recent Amnesty International report finding that detention conditions do not comply with international standards due to the fact that they are overcrowded, lack adequate sanitation facilities and have insufficient education and employment programmes, that mentally ill patients continue to be held in prisons and that there is still no independent complaints mechanism for prisons as recommended by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. [23970/05]

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556 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on concerns raised in the third report by the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention that the Government has failed to invest in probation and other programmes to reduce recidivism; and his further views on the recent Amnesty International report finding that detention conditions do not comply with international standards due to the fact that they are overcrowded, lack adequate sanitation facilities and have insufficient education and employment programmes, that mentally ill patients continue to be held in prisons and that there is still no independent complaints mechanism for prisons as recommended by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. [23970/05]

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