Three other men and a woman appear in court on connected changes

There is something very problematic about the current political approach to crime, repeatedly cramming more into prisons

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Our prisons are in crisis – but the answer isn’t more prisons

System comprises 12 secure and two open facilities with all secure jails now at 100% to 163% of capacity

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Injuries understood to be non-life threatening

Brian Meagher says he used unofficial shift swap system to cover days he was not present but this failed

David Dunne (40) gave ‘no explanation for the decision to kill Robert O’Connor’ in Mountjoy Prison in 2022

Prison seeks to ‘adjust the footprint of an underutilised space to the rear of Mountjoy chapel’ to create video link area for court appearances

David Dunne (40) found guilty of murder of Robert O’Connor by stamping on his head in a ‘vicious and unprovoked’ assault

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Inquest hears Keith Lee (42), who was facing charges in relation to the murder of his estranged wife Joanne, died by suicide in prison

About 40% of women in Dóchas prison at any time are on remand pending trial, visiting committee found

Prisoner numbers have increased by 26% in the last five years, forcing authorities to try frantically to find ways to alleviate overcrowding

Gleeson was jailed for murder of Mary ‘Moll’ McCarthy in 1940 but pardoned by State in 2015

Evangelical Christian was not defamed by article that incorrectly stated he was moved cell for his safety because he was ‘annoying’

The academic project Prisons of Note brings joins civilians in harmony with inmates. ‘We have the most amazing conversations’

Clogging up prisons with minor offenders is expensive and can compound crime. The €7,000 monthly cost could be more constructively spent

Burke could potentially find himself spending longer in Mountjoy than some of the killers in his midst. That could not pass for justice