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# Irish Prison Service

All time
Convicted child sex offender Tom Humphries released from Midlands Prison
16 Aug 2019
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124
Evidence to suggest tracking device was placed on private car of prison officer, report finds
25 Jul 2019
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4
Opinion: I want to change the way society sees ex-offenders so I organised a TEDx Talk in Mountjoy
Nikki Gallagher
6 Apr 2019
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43
Prisoner escapes from custody while receiving treatment at St James's Hospital in Dublin
20 Mar 2019
88.8k
32
Boy awarded €35,000 after contracting TB from dad who picked it up from prisoners at work
19 Feb 2019
22.6k
Investigation into claims of 'unauthorised surveillance' in Irish prisons to finish in February
17 Jan 2019
15.0k
Alleged use of tracking devices on cars of Irish prison officers to be probed by Inspector of Prisons
22 Nov 2018
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Search launched after prisoner escapes from Dublin courthouse
9 Nov 2018
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28
Irish Prison Service recruiting chaplains to 'encourage and support' inmates
29 Jul 2018
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49
Prison service investigating two staff allegations about management practices
26 Jun 2018
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'Prison is for dangerous criminals': Drop in numbers sent to prison for non-payment of fines
25 Jun 2018
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31
Over 2,000 people jailed for non-payment of fines last year
8 Jun 2018
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24
Man accused of murdering estranged wife Joanne Lee found dead in Mountjoy Prison
12 Apr 2018
71.1k
8
Prison guards are cracking down on moonshine in Irish prisons
2 Apr 2018
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16
Up to 25% of Mountjoy Prison inmates being put in solitary confinement for their own protection
18 Jan 2018
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142 prisoners will be granted temporary release over Christmas
22 Dec 2017
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20
Irish Prison Service paid out €500k in loans to inmates over three years
14 Nov 2017
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85
Man found dead in cell at Cloverhill Prison
11 Oct 2017
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36
Prisoner was not checked for over two hours on night he died
19 Sep 2017
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22
An average of 12 phones are seized in Irish prisons every week
31 Aug 2017
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48
Families of murder victims have 'met killers on the street' after not being told of release
20 Aug 2017
14.0k
19
'Prisoners have a very basic human need for contact'
9 Jul 2017
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31
Large drop in number of people being jailed for non-payment of fines
15 May 2017
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36
Inmate who escaped from open prison in 2015 returned to custody
29 Mar 2017
13.8k
Man accused of killing Gareth Hutch stabbed in Mountjoy
28 Mar 2017
26.5k
Inmates in Irish prisons will soon have access to e-cigarettes
26 Feb 2017
11.2k
30
Irish prisons paid €3 million in 'pocket money' to inmates last year
23 Jan 2017
16.3k
50
Prisoner facing discipline after breaking out onto roof of Cloverhill prison
6 Oct 2016
9.5k
23
Treatment of sick inmates in focus after death by heart attack of 65-year-old prisoner
23 Jul 2016
16.4k
50
Search begins for new officers with "tolerance and humanity" to work in Irish prisons
8 Jul 2016
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100
Prisoner left out in prison yard overnight alleges discrimination against Travellers
5 Jul 2016
25.9k
'They think you are a poof and they prey on you'
2 Feb 2016
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82
When life means life: 'All I went for was a few bob. I hadn't it in mind at all to kill her'
10 Jan 2016
64.8k
38
84% of sex offenders released this year haven't completed treatment programmes
20 Nov 2015
7.3k
26
Rehabilitation services: What exactly is being offered and how many prisoners are using them
31 Oct 2015
8.3k
10
'I've seen people being sliced, being kicked around in prison - it's all because of drugs'
7 Jul 2015
18.6k
17
These are just some of the lethal homemade weapons seized in Irish prisons
6 Jul 2015
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38
Prisoner spent two hours on roof of Cloverhill today after retrieving drugs
30 Jun 2015
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51
Inmates in Mountjoy formed pyramid in yard to help prisoner reach drugs
10 Jun 2015
28.8k
53
Prisoners in Irish jails are being forced to sleep on floors
27 May 2015
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