{"id":592870,"date":"2026-08-14T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/592870\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:00:09","slug":"inmate-dies-after-assault-at-wheatfield-prison-in-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/592870\/","title":{"rendered":"Inmate dies after assault at Wheatfield Prison in Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation is under way after a prisoner died following an assault at Wheatfield Prison in Dublin last night.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood the man was 39 and from Dublin. He was in his cell, which he was sharing with another prisoner, when he died last night.<\/p>\n<p>The man was serving a sentence of two years and nine months for possession of drugs for sale or supply.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish Prison Service said all deaths in custody are investigated by the IPS, the Inspector of Prisons and garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, it said: &#8220;The Irish Prison Service wish to express our condolences to the deceased&#8217;s family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Next of kin have been informed.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An investigation is under way after a prisoner died following an assault at Wheatfield Prison in Dublin last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-592870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}