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AGSI called for a risk assessment. File photograph: The Irish Times
Garda group queries vaccination priority list for prisoners and gardaí

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) has asked the Minister for Justice to clarify if people in prison will be vaccinated before g(...)

A total of 22 prisoners have contracted the virus to date
Inmates should be among first to get Covid-19 vaccine, says prison service

The Irish Prison Service has requested the country’s 3,800 prisoners be among the priority groups to receive a Covid-19 vaccine. Prison staff are exp(...)

Ireland needs to reduce prison numbers, says reform charity

The rising prisoner population in Ireland could “undermine” the progress of penal reform, a new report has found. The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT(...)

The Dóchas Centre in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Prisons struggling to cope with 20% jump in female inmates

The Irish Prison Service is struggling to find beds for female inmates amid a large rise in the number of women being sent to prison. The number of w(...)

A prison officer in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Prisoner numbers in highly successful rehabilitation scheme cut by half

The number of prisoners admitted to an early release programme which has a 90 per cent success rate in preventing reoffending has been cut by half in (...)