Disgraceful!! New Cork Prison to be 5-star Luxury!

BULLER · 22-01-2014 3:03pm #1

Construction of the new 5-star jail to replace Cork Prison is due to commence on Monday and will be completed by the end of next year, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has said. At a construction cost of €350 million, it will be the most expensive prison in the world when completed.

http://www.theholyharp.com/construction-begins-on-new-5-star-luxury-prison-in-cork/

who_me · 22-01-2014 3:13pm

:P

Well, you can't expect any jailed bankers/developers to slum it in normal jails, now do you?

Sir Arthur Daley · 22-01-2014 3:15pm

Will it have a Subway?

Cherry_Cola · 22-01-2014 3:17pm

If it's written on "The Holy Harp" website it must be legit.

Outkast_IRE · 22-01-2014 4:20pm

In case anyone doesn't realise this is a piss take . and the real cost is €35 million

tracert · 22-01-2014 6:17pm

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

In case anyone doesn't realise this is a piss take . and the real cost is €35 million

Yep, €35 million and the cells will each hold two prisoners which is the real disgrace. A newly built prison should be one prisoner per cell.

Delirium · 22-01-2014 6:21pm

BULLER wrote: »

http://www.theholyharp.com/construction-begins-on-new-5-star-luxury-prison-in-cork/

said the new facilities at the Cork prison will also include a rooftop bar, together with a space-age heated infinity pool.

I don't think it's meant to be taken seriously

who_me · 22-01-2014 6:25pm

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

In case anyone doesn't realise this is a piss take . and the real cost is €35 million

I was impressed with the quality of the rendered image, for a piss-take.. but it's actually a real building proposal in India with the Elysian photoshopped in.

bumper234 · 22-01-2014 6:27pm

tracert wrote: »

Yep, €35 million and the cells will each hold two prisoners which is the real disgrace. A newly built prison should be one prisoner per cell.

Why?

KCAccidental · 23-01-2014 12:21am

bumper234 wrote: »

Why?

easier to control the prisoners from a guards point of view. I think it might also cut down on trading contraband.

rob316 · 23-01-2014 1:25am

Plenty of good people make mistakes and end up in cork prison and the conditions are just disgraceful. Overcrowded and living squalor, the safety of prisoners is a real issue there too. Lad I know just got out early after 2 years and its a hell hole by all accounts.

Lenin Skynard · 23-01-2014 1:31am

Surely in the prison-builing business, the luxury one is just the entry level option. You have to pay big dollars for the imprisontron6000, that comes with spikes on the walls and only PS3s in the cells, probably cost 350 millions or so.

physioman · 28-01-2014 4:03pm

where is the prison exactly?

ofcork · 28-01-2014 7:14pm

Rathmore road new one being built alongside old one.

Femme_Fatale · 28-01-2014 8:51pm

I live a stone's throw away. Awful kip. This isn't Uruguay. A prison can still be a punitive place while not being a dump. If anything wouldn't a better-standard prison be easier to run, and in terms of security, etc? Plus, it would improve the streetscape, which is absolutely grim.