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Prisons unable to meet rising population’s need for mental healthcare
Percentage of prison population with mental illness more than doubled since 2015
Use of ‘sexsomnia’ defence is expected to increase in Ireland
DPP’s decision not to proceed with trial has highlighted the controversial condition
Hawe killings fit characteristics of other murder-suicides
Perverse belief that murder is an act of mercy can lead the severely psychotic to kill
Alan Hawe left note asking that he not be forgiven
Teacher confessed in letter before suicide to murders of wife and three sons
‘I knew him for 20 years ... I knew him but I didn’t know him’
Jury waited in a line and one by one they embraced Clodagh Hawe’s mother and sister
State provided no alternative after closing mental hospitals
People are falling through the cracks, clinical director of Central Mental Hospital tells High Court
More people before courts due to shortage of psychiatric beds
Only way for people with mental illnesses to access beds is through courts, conference told
Rape accused more likely drunk than asleep during sex, jury hears
Prosecution rejects defence claim that man suffered from sexsomnia on night of incident
State inaction means no understanding of murder-suicide
Motives for murder-suicides are neither known nor even investigated
‘Systematic discrimination’ against people with mental illness in justice system
Psychosis identified in 561 new remands at Cloverhill in six years
Experts warn of ‘systematic discrimination’ against people with mental illness in justice system
Psychosis identified in 561 new remands at Cloverhill in six years
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