The Prison Inspectorate has expressed concern about a prisoner in Castlerea prison who has tried to kill himself three times.
Inspectors highlighted their concerns for the man as part of the first inspection of the Co Roscommon prison for two years.
The prisoner, who the report described as an "unfortunate man", is being kept in a special care unit, and has made at least three efforts to kill himself in the "fairly recent past".
The inspectorate team of Mr Justice Dermot Kinlen, inspector of prisons, and James Woods, special adviser to the inspector, said they feared the man's condition was getting worse in prison.
"It is clear that prison is not improving him in any way, and may, in fact, be extremely detrimental to his future," the report said.
The results of the inspection, which was carried out on October 25th and 26th last year, were published yesterday.
The inspection also found that there was an overcrowding problem and that prisoners were still lacking a number of services.
There were 226 people in custody in the prison on the inspection date, but the report said that the overcrowding problem, which is worst in the remand section, would be greatly improved by the completion of a new remand unit that will hold 50 prisoners.
The inspection team praised the prison for being well-managed and relatively drug-free compared to other prisons, but found that only half of their previous recommendations were fully acted upon.
They were concerned that the prison still had no psychologist, no additional probation and welfare officer and no librarian.
They were also worried that the library and computer workshop were closed, and that there was no streamlining of counselling services. This added up to poor support and rehabilitation opportunities for the prisoners, which should be rectified.
"It is disappointing that there is no psychology service, no librarian, no additional probation and welfare officer and that the computer workshop is idle at present. Such gaps in the service leave a void for prisoners' regimes of rehabilitation."
However, the report welcomed the fact that a number of new facilities were planned for the prison, including the remand unit, a 12-cell unit for non-compliant prisoners, and new indoor and outdoor recreation areas.
A new visiting area and improvements to security are also envisaged.
Castlerea prison holds sentenced and remand prisoners, and is the committal prison for the courts in the west of Ireland, mainly from counties Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Donegal, Leitrim, Galway, Cavan, Longford and parts of Monaghan.