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Last year
2023
Irish Penal Reform Trust express 'grave concern' as bed capacity reaches 100% across prison estate
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Opinion: Children with parents in prison are silently serving sentences of their own this Christmas
Saoirse Brady
Prison service facing 'unprecedented challenge' as it manages three Covid-19 outbreaks
A conviction for €4 worth of cannabis 'just defies logic', say campaigners
'Most unfortunate case': Central Mental Hospital staff engaged in standoff with gardaí over mentally ill man's admittance
Covid-19 exposes 'unsafe' failures in prison service – report
Central Mental Hospital is at full capacity, prisoners with severe conditions wait 120 days for transfer
Report calls for an end to solitary confinement in Irish prisons
'People we recruit from prison are on average more loyal, more honest and stay with us for longer'
'Prisoners have a very basic human need for contact'
'They think you are a poof and they prey on you'
Community service: 'Cheaper than jail and makes society more safe'
The UN says Ireland's prisons are 'inhuman'
Over 8,000 people were imprisoned for non-payment of fines last year
And President Higgins's new adviser is...
Big increase in number of women being sent to jail
Irish prison system 'over-reliant' on prolonged solitary confinement
Moving inmates from St Pat's to adult prison "won't make one iota of difference"
Here's how 7,500 people went to jail for not paying fines in 2012
Report asks for more supports for children with parents in prison
Call for reforms to ensure "fair and transparent" early release of prisoners
25 people a day are being jailed for not paying fines
Dramatic 45 per cent increase in numbers sent to prison
Inspector's report finds Limerick Prison 'has made progress'
Government urged to address 'sub-standard' prison conditions