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Over 1,500 pints of prison hooch are confiscated in Irish prisons every year, new figures have revealed.
Almost 6,500 pints of homemade alcohol - produced by inmates using water, sugar, fruit and bread - have been seized over the past four years, with nearly 875 pints confiscated last year.
Nearly a quarter of last year’s haul came from Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon, where 226 pints were confiscated.
A total of 200 pints was seized at Midlands Prison in Portlaoise, 160 pints at Cork Prison, and 116 pints at Portlaoise Prison.
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