Episode 4: Gate Fever
As the capacity issues come to an end for the moment life in Mountjoy Prison starts to get better, but after a prisoner dies in custody a whole new range of complications arise for the staff here, and heartache is felt by the prisoners.
The Joy is a four-part documentary series that takes us inside Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison, which is one of Ireland’s largest prison facilities. Apart of the landscape for over 160 years, The Joy jas become synonymous with the capital city of Dublin, operating 24-hours a day 365 days a year. With over 750 inmates, over 700 staff, and eight prison governors it’s a city within a city where drugs are common currency and the threat of violence is a fact of life.
Hidden from the public gaze hardship, humor, heartbreak, and humanity live side by side within these walls. This series lifts the lid on life inside Mountjoy, from the governor’s boardroom to the prisoners on the landing, to the punishment block we gain unprecedented access to the inner workings of this notorious Irish jail. This is the Joy.
