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Female Solicitor Instructed To Remove Her Bra In Order To Visit A Client In Prison.

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The incident took place in Dublin's Cloverhill Prison in June of last year

A female solicitor says she was told to remove her bra in order to visit a client in prison.

A complaint's been made to the Irish Prison Service following the incident in Dublin's Cloverhill Prison in June of last year, the Irish Examiner reports.

The solicitor was asked to take off her shoes and jewellery after an alarm sounded as she passed through the security scanner.

However, when the alarm sounded again a group of male prison officers instructed her to take off her bra.

Aoife Moore, Political Correspondent with the paper, says the woman was told she wouldn't be allowed to enter the prison if the scanner continued to sound:

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