Irish Penal Reform Trust

Average daily number of prisoners in Irish prisons decreased in 2020

Irish Prison Service report shows life-sentence committals increased by 33.3%

Lack of ‘in-person’ prison visits could affect rehabilitation for parent and child

Impact of separation ‘intensified’ for prisoners’ children during Covid, study shows

Just 2% of prisoners have been vaccinated to date

Irish Penal Reform Trust ‘dismayed’ inmates appear to have been ‘left behind’

Garda group queries vaccination priority list for prisoners and gardaí

Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors requests clarification from the Minister

Calls for ‘robust action’ over offensive social media posts by prison staff

Prison management tries again to have private staff group removed from Facebook

Covid-19 positivity rate of 10% among Arbour Hill prisoners

Dublin prison records biggest outbreak with 83 inmates across State infected since March

Use of spit hoods on prisoners not centrally recorded

Prison Service began using controversial devices in 2019, records show

Inmates should be among first to get Covid-19 vaccine, says prison service

Priority for prisoners would likely cause public upset as groups lobby for access

Growing number of people in pre-trial custody for minor offences

Homelessness and judges’ ‘misguided paternalism’ blamed for increase

Discrimination because of criminal past should end, says rights body

Submission to Government wants serious offenders to be able to expunge their record

Prisoner tests positive for Covid-19 in Limerick Prison

Irish Prison Service says it is working closely with HSE and contact tracing is ongoing

Death of terminally ill prisoner ‘inhuman and degrading’, says charity

PRT says failure to bring dying man in severe pain to nearby hospital ‘not acceptable’

Airport immigration detention facility still not operational

Migrants being held in prison because centre not in use 14 months after scheduled opening

Inmates with Covid-19 symptoms kept in 24-hour lock-up

Some inmates awaiting test results are in cells with no access to showers

Prisons face a dilemma: A Covid-19 outbreak or releasing sex offenders

Most at-risk elderly inmates, some in their 80s, are serving sentences for sex crimes

Serious drug offenders twice as likely to go to prison as they were a decade ago

New figures suggest that judges have become more punitive on such offenders since 2011

Disabled prisoners often left isolated in cells due to a lack of supports – report

Prisoner unable to leave cell because no walking stick was available

Ireland needs to reduce prison numbers, says reform charity

Irish Penal Reform Trust wants prison sentences to be ‘last resort’ in justice system

Prisons struggling to cope with 20% jump in female inmates

Big rise in numbers in past two years ‘definitely linked with housing’

Family of murdered woman (19) angry at her killer being granted temporary release

Peter Whelan was jailed for life for murder of Nicola Sweeney

Majority of employers would consider hiring a former prisoner

Solas survey reveals that more than 60% of respondents inclined to employ ex-offender

The Dublin 7 coffee company staffed by former prisoners

The busy Four Courts outlet was set up to give its workforce a second chance

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