Updated, 1735
GARDAÍ ARE INVESTIGATING the death of an inmate in Portlaoise Prison.
The 61-year-old was found dead in his cell yesterday evening.
TheJournal.ie understands that the deceased is a serial sexual offender who was one year into a six-year sentence.
It is thought that he died of natural causes, and that foul play is not suspected.
The office of the State Pathologist has been informed and a post-mortem is due to be carried out.
A spokesman for the Irish Prisons Service said Gardaí were investigating the incident, “as with any death in custody”.
Portlaoise Prison, with a capacity of 399, is Ireland’s only high-security prison and is the committal venue for men convicted at the Special Criminal Court and those “linked with subversive crime”.
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