A group of prisoners have climbed onto the roof at Mountjoy Jail, Dublin. They say they won't come down until they talk to the prison Visiting Committee and the Governor.
Report shows prisoners from the wing of the prison which houses those with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDs) virus on the roof of the prison.
Prisoner speaking to Charlie Bird from roof and describing some of the conditions.
Interview with Joe Costello, Chairman of Prisoners Rights Organisation, who says the protest is a manifestation of what is happening in British and Irish prisons where conditions are appalling and there is overcrowding.
The reporters are Charlie Bird and Una O'Hagan.
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