# irish-prison-service - Saturday 16 January, 2021
# Covid Jab
# Covid Jab
Some prison nurses were told they would not be included in the healthcare worker stage of the vaccine roll-out at all.
# irish-prison-service - Saturday 22 August, 2020
# Prison
# Prison
It is understood the woman has been in quarantine since her incarceration.
# irish-prison-service - Monday 17 August, 2020
# Irish Prison Service
# Irish Prison Service
Limits on visiting were introduced at the start of the Covid-19 crisis.
# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 24 June, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Thirty-seven of the 55 were re-arrested for allegedly committing a range of criminal offences.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
# Irish Prison Service
# Irish Prison Service
The Irish Prison Service suspended visits in March because of the pandemic.
# irish-prison-service - Monday 15 June, 2020
# New Report
# New Report
The Irish Prison Service annual report 2019 was published today.
# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 10 June, 2020
# Infection Control
# Infection Control
Even with the movement of staff in and out of prisons and some 700 new committals there have been no confirmed cases among inmates.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 31 March, 2020
# Covid-19 Measures
# Covid-19 Measures
“Difficulties do exist in implementing social distancing on the basis that over 52% of prisoners share cells,” a prison spokesperson said.
# irish-prison-service - Monday 16 March, 2020
# Prison
# Prison
Alcohol-based sanitiser was banned after prisoners drank a concoction of handwash and prescription drugs in 2014.
# irish-prison-service - Friday 13 March, 2020
# Irish Prison Service
# Irish Prison Service
Concerns had already been raised about how the Irish Prison Service would cope with Covid-19.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 10 March, 2020
# Irish Prison Service
# Irish Prison Service
Boxers must be a 50-50 cotton-polyester mix and be washable at 40ºC.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 5 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The Irish Penal Reform Trust has said that overcrowded prisons make it harder to control the spread of the viruses.
# irish-prison-service - Friday 25 October, 2019
# Prison Reform
# Prison Reform
There are also currently 614 prisoners on a waiting list for an intervention from prison psychology services.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 24 October, 2019
# At Large
# At Large
The man escaped from the custody of prison officers through a window at the hospital shortly before 2pm.
# irish-prison-service - Friday 20 September, 2019
# Strategic Plan
# Strategic Plan
The Justice Minister launched the Irish Prison Service Strategic Plan 2019-2022 yesterday.
# irish-prison-service - Friday 16 August, 2019
# Released
# Released
The former sports journalist was jailed for the sexual exploitation and defilement of a child.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 25 July, 2019
# Irish Prison Service
# Irish Prison Service
The report was carried out by the Inspector of Prisons.
# irish-prison-service - Saturday 6 April, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Ex prisoners took to the stage to deliver talks to an audience of prisoners, senior policymakers, politicians, activists, education-providers, and employers, writes Nikki Gallagher.
# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 20 March, 2019
# Escaped
# Escaped
The incident happened at around 10am this morning.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 19 February, 2019
# Irish Prison Service
# Irish Prison Service
The judge said the boy had “suffered a nasty little life experience” but had fortunately fully recovered.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 17 January, 2019
# Whistleblower
# Whistleblower
The examination of claims by a prison officer was ordered by the Justice Minister in November.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 22 November, 2018
# Bugged
# Bugged
Revelations that officers’ vehicles had been bugged were published today in the Irish Examiner.
# irish-prison-service - Friday 9 November, 2018
# Prison Break
# Prison Break
The man escaped from the Cloverhill court in Clondalkin, west Dublin this morning.
# irish-prison-service - Sunday 29 July, 2018
# Pastoral Care
# Pastoral Care
There are vacancies in a number of prisons including Mountjoy.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 26 June, 2018
# Protected Disclosure
# Protected Disclosure
Another case under consideration from 2016 involves allegations of penalisation.
# irish-prison-service - Monday 25 June, 2018
# Justice
# Justice
More than 2,000 people were sent to prison for failure to pay a court-imposed fine last year.
# irish-prison-service - Friday 8 June, 2018
# Court Fines
# Court Fines
The latest figures shows there has been a significant drop in the number of imprisonments following new legislation.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 12 April, 2018
# Ranelagh
# Ranelagh
Joanne Lee’s body was found in a flat in Ranelagh.
# irish-prison-service - Monday 2 April, 2018
# Last Of The Slammer Wine
# Last Of The Slammer Wine
The largest amount seized was 266 pints in Castlerea Prison.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 18 January, 2018
# Mountjoy Prison
# Mountjoy Prison
120 inmates were put under a protection regime in October 2016.
# irish-prison-service - Friday 22 December, 2017
# Irish Prison Service
# Irish Prison Service
Many of the prisoners being released are nearing the end of their sentences.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
# Interest Free
# Interest Free
The loans were given for a number of reasons, including the purchases of games consoles.
# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 11 October, 2017
# Cloverhill
# Cloverhill
Foul play is not suspected in the man’s death.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 19 September, 2017
# Portlaoise
# Portlaoise
The Inspector of Prisons has said the people who failed in their duties in the man’s care should be held to account.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 31 August, 2017
# Contraband
# Contraband
The figure is up on last year, but way down on 2008 when about 42-a -week were seized.
# irish-prison-service - Sunday 20 August, 2017
# Justice
# Justice
Representatives have also said families are sometimes unclear about how long a killer will actually serve.
# irish-prison-service - Sunday 9 July, 2017
# Solitary Confinement
# Solitary Confinement
A change in prison rules looks at the “meaningful human contact” prisoners get when out of their cells.
# irish-prison-service - Monday 15 May, 2017
# A Fine Thing
# A Fine Thing
New legislation enacted last year is being heralded as the reason for the reduction in committals.
# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 29 March, 2017
# Loughan House
# Loughan House
John Paul Duncan was arrested by police in the UK in 2015 and extradited back to Ireland.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 28 March, 2017
# Assault
# Assault
Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
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