Army Jail?

[Karl22]

Just watched The Last Castle and was wondering if the army here has a jail and what happens to soldiers who get into trouble? If there is one, is it tough?

[Connaught Stranger]

In the good old days it was Spike Island in Cork,

and then they sent them to the Military Detention Center

in the Curragh Camp, Kildare.

Connaught Stranger.

[Groundhog]

Just watched The Last Castle and was wondering if the army here has a jail and what happens to soldiers who get into trouble? If there is one, is it tough?

They've recently returned The Vatican in the Curragh to military control.

Anyone I know who did time in the DF facilities did not express a desire to go back.

[knocker]

What arm of the military has charge of the prison facility ? Does it cater for members of the air corps and naval service ?

[hedgehog]

Military Police

and Yes

and Yes

and its termed a Military Detention Facility/Centre

[hptmurphy]

And was known as the Digger....

[hedgehog]

an extremely unpleasent location

[Bam Bam]

Just watched The Last Castle and was wondering if the army here has a jail and what happens to soldiers who get into trouble? If there is one, is it tough?

With your other thread being about the criminal convictions you have to your name and this thread about military detention facilities, I'm starting to worry.

Going along the same lines I'd imagine that your next thread will be asking if the Army locks its gates and sets the alarm when it goes out.

[Hello Alaska]

The Glasshouse in the Curragh was given to the Dept of Justice and housed sex offenders for about 7years. They were all moved to the Midlands a couple of years ago, and the Glasshouse has been returned to the Defence Forces. I understand it is to reopen as a Military Detention Facility.

It's already back in business AFAIK.

[Goldie fish]

It's already back in business AFAIK.

I understand it became an unfortunate necessity, as the previous method of using the states prisons was no longer a runner, due to both overcrowding in the prisons, and far more soldiers getting custodial punishments in military courts..

[GoneToTheCanner]

It was once routine for offenders to get two weeks in the Digger, which meant two weeks of "dawn patrols" to spend the days sweeping up leaves, whitewashing rocks, painting, derusting,etc, all under the beady eyes of the PAs...........there was also a time when military personnel went to Spike Island and found, to their dismay, that civilian prisoners enjoyed a much higher standard of accomodation and conditions.
regards
GttC

[hedgehog]

I did an escort to Spike once and it put the willies up me.

a guy from my recruit platoon had gone absent for about 9 months

he got 10 days and he said it was the worst time of his life- he left the DF very soon after that.

I also was on an escort to the Curragh and the lad we were escorting tried to escape when the handcuffs came off at the hand over

the BSM of the PA's tried to charge us for negligence because we just stood there as the PA's chased him

I was a very young and good looking Pvt at the time and we had a good CO who threw the charges out

[Dazzler]

an extremely unpleasent location

So not at all like your bog standard Irish Prison then?

[paul g]

So not at all like your bog standard Irish Prison then?

Irish prisons are actually not that bad, apart from slop out, they're far better then the ones in the U.K.

As GTTC pointed out about Spike island, before it was turned over to the prison service was used to house naval service recruits. The prison service insisted on improved living standards before it moved prisoners in.

[Darksaga]

Is it run by the PA's or the Irish prison service?