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Trump says migrant detention centres will be opened up to visits by journalists
His comments come after reports over the weekend described one centre in Texas as filled with hundreds of children wearing filthy clothes.
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Jul 8th 2019, 8:00 AM
UN Security Council fails to condemn fatal attack on Libya migrant centre
Meanwhile, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has condemned the attack.
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Jul 4th 2019, 7:10 AM
Teen who caused €50,000 in damage to detention centre jailed for four years
On one occasion Michael Ward set fire to a room.
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Jul 28th 2018, 6:00 AM
Security firm suspends 9 staff members filmed 'abusing and assaulting' detention centre inmates
BBC Panorama captured footage of the staff members in question.
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Sep 1st 2017, 2:11 PM
Oberstown director injured during youth escape from campus says the centre is a 'constant challenge'
“It provided a stark reminder of the constant challenges an environment like Oberstown presents us with.”
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Jun 4th 2017, 3:48 PM
White House to transfer prisoners out of Guantanamo despite Trump's demands
Trump has vowed to “load (Guantanamo) up with some bad dudes” .
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Jan 4th 2017, 7:08 AM
Oberstown teens strip-searched and held in solitary confinement for almost two weeks
The boys have been confined since a number of inmates gained access to the roof of the building.
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Sep 13th 2016, 7:42 PM
A fire is blazing on the roof of Oberstown's youth detention centre
Five units of the Dublin Fire Brigade are at the scene to try and contain the blaze.
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Aug 29th 2016, 9:40 PM
Five teens apprehended after escaping from Dublin child detention centre
Two had remained at large last night but have since been found.
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Aug 14th 2016, 7:30 AM
Irish man to be detained at infamous Australian immigration centre "for three months"
26-year-old Bernard Lee from Greystones has been detained at the notorious Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre near Perth.
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Jul 29th 2016, 9:21 AM
A riot is ongoing at an Australian migrant detention centre
The incident started yesterday afternoon.
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Nov 9th 2015, 9:34 AM
Child restrained with handcuffs by five staff at Oberstown campus
A HIQA report also found staff excessively used single separation, with one child locked in a room for 83 hours over four days.
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Feb 23rd 2015, 12:05 PM
Column: The abuse a US President – and the world – chooses to ignore
In January 2009, Barack Obama signed an executive order to close the notorious detention centre at Guantánamo Bay. Five years on, detainees remain uncharged and subjected to waterboarding, prolonged isolation and force feeding.
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Seven young offenders released as judge rules kids should get remission too
The ruling by a High Court judge today closes a gap in the law which meant teenagers had to serve full sentences, even though adults don’t.
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Dec 10th 2013, 8:18 PM
Juvenile offenders were sent to their rooms for up to 2 hours a day
A HIQA report into Oberstown House detention school has found that the school has met all of the 13 recommendations set out in an action plan.
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May 30th 2013, 12:21 PM
McAfee hospitalised and denied asylum
He was moved to hospital after he was found lying on the floor with chest pains in the room where he was being detained.
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Dec 7th 2012, 2:24 PM
HIQA report expresses concern over alleged abuse by Gardaí
The report said there has been no outcome from a complaint to the Garda Ombudsman and there was “little external advocacy and intervention” on behalf of the young person involved.
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Oct 11th 2012, 2:00 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know this morning…
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Oct 11th 2012, 8:45 AM
Government criticised for shelving plans for new youth detention centre
Alan Shatter has shelved plans for a new detention centre near Lusk, but has been attacked from many sides for doing so.
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Jan 4th 2012, 6:11 PM
Riots break out in Australian detention centre
Police fired ‘bean bag’ rounds and used tear gas canisters to gain control over the centre last night.
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Mar 18th 2011, 2:50 PM