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Government to increase sentences for crimes involving knives
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Funding secured to provide space for up to 670 additional prisoners
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Updated 24 Feb
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Works at protected wall on grounds of Arbour Hill paused as specialist architect needed
The renovation was halted after it was discovered the work would need to be supervised by a conservational architect.
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24 Jan
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Courts
Prison addiction counsellor charged after drugs discovered at her home
11 Jan
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minimum sentencing
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18 Nov 2023
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17 Nov 2023
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Sentencing
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17 Nov 2023
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THE MORNING LEAD
More prisoners on temporary release in attempt to tackle Irish Prison Service overcrowding
7 Nov 2023
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THE MORNING LEAD
Multiple prison staff investigated for allegedly using company fuel cards to top up their own cars
28 Sep 2023
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THE MORNING LEAD
Mountjoy's female prisoners without specialised rape counselling since last August
25 May 2023
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16
Prison Overcrowding
Head of prison officer group says overcrowding is putting staff and prisoners 'at risk'
Updated 27 Apr 2023
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Voices
Opinion: The Inspection of Places of Detention Bill promises reforms but doesn't go far enough
Dr Ian Marder & Dr Joe Garrihy
18 Mar 2023
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All time
Penal Reform
Judges to be able to set minimum life sentences as changes to Ireland's penal system announced
31 Aug 2022
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27
sexual violence
Irish Prison Service to launch major review of how psychologists deal with sex offenders
20 May 2022
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14
Prisons
Report finds minority groups in Irish prisons can face 'aggression and name calling' from staff
Updated 27 Apr 2022
8.9k
Covid-19
Prison service facing 'unprecedented challenge' as it manages three Covid-19 outbreaks
18 Nov 2021
10.4k
9
Isolation
Some prisoners had no access to a shower for 14 days while quarantining
11 Jun 2021
25.8k
61
Covid-19
Prison officers defend withdrawal of 'goodwill' duties over concerns about when they'll be vaccinated
19 Apr 2021
16.7k
21
Prisons
Report details case of mentally ill inmate found lying naked on floor of cell
Updated 24 Nov 2020
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25
Prisoners
51 inmates in Irish prisons still 'slopping out' despite government pledge to end practice by this year
21 Aug 2020
27.3k
36
Irish Prison Service
Visiting restrictions relaxed further for prisoners - except at Portlaoise and Midlands prisons
17 Aug 2020
11.7k
6
new report
Number of people jailed for not paying court-ordered fines almost doubled in 2019
15 Jun 2020
12.7k
25
covid-19 measures
Prison Service now has temperature checks at the entrances to all prisons
31 Mar 2020
14.6k
15
Coronavirus
Public transport services to be reduced from next week
Updated 27 Mar 2020
72.5k
47
Irish Prison Service
Coronavirus: Talks underway to reduce number of people in prison in a 'controlled manner'
13 Mar 2020
49.1k
103
Coronavirus
Six prisoners in Italy die from methadone overdoses during protest over Covid-19 measures
9 Mar 2020
41.5k
30
Coronavirus
'They don’t even have the capacity to keep everyone in single cells': Concerns over potential Covid-19 spread in prisons
5 Mar 2020
29.6k
49
Irish Prison Service
Evidence to suggest tracking device was placed on private car of prison officer, report finds
25 Jul 2019
15.4k
4
supermax
El Chapo expected to go to 'prison of prisons' described as 'high-tech version of hell'
13 Feb 2019
59.0k
41
three thousand nights
Over 3,400 cases of prisoners sleeping on mattresses on floors in past three months
12 Feb 2019
17.0k
61
violent attacks
'Things are not getting better': Prison officers say they're attacked a lot more than official stats say
19 Apr 2018
6.4k
30
Contraband
Volume of drug seizures in Irish prisons soars by 42%, as over 1,000 recorded last year
26 Feb 2018
7.2k
18
Contraband
An average of 12 phones are seized in Irish prisons every week
31 Aug 2017
9.7k
48
blades
Prison officers seized two weapons a day over the last five years
17 Aug 2017
7.0k
9
emptied out
Falling crime rates mean Netherlands' prisons are being used to house asylum seekers
16 Jul 2017
15.5k
42
a fine thing
Large drop in number of people being jailed for non-payment of fines
15 May 2017
12.7k
36
Life on the Inside
'A prisoner will say to you: I know where you live, I’ll burn your house down, I’ll get your kids.’
28 Apr 2017
19.9k
30
jailhouse dosh
Irish prisons paid €3 million in 'pocket money' to inmates last year
23 Jan 2017
16.3k
50
Riot
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16 Jan 2017
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