Welcome to the Midlands Today podcast. In today's episode, we will be discussing the plans of Justice Minister Simon Harris to build four new capital prison projects over the next five years, amidst claims of severe levels of overcrowding in Irish prisons. We will hear from Tony Power, President of the Prison Officer’s Association and a prison officer at the Midlands Prison, about the impact of overcrowding on the safety of both inmates and prison officers. Later in the program, we will hear from Magid Mustafa, a Portlaoise resident originally from Sudan, about the situation of his family members in Sudan and their recent escape to Egypt.We will also have a feature on Tubber National School, whose students will be taking their All Ireland winning robot to compete in the Vex Robotics World Championship in Dallas.