Article: EACH PORTLAOISE INMATE COSTS pounds 124,000 A YEAR.(News)

Byline: NIALL MOONAN

TAXPAYERS are forking out pounds 124,000 a year to keep each prisoner locked up in Portlaoise jail.

It costs pounds 340 a night to keep just one inmate at the high security prison - dearer than a room in some of Ireland's poshest hotels.

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