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Friday 27 November 2020
There are currently nearly 4,200 people in Ireland’s 13 prisons.
A new report by the Irish Penal Reform Trust has raised concerns over Ireland’s increasing prison population.
A total of €116,000 was spent on the system last year.
Last year alone, 435 weapons were recovered from inmates.
There are fears that these drugs
The Irish Prison Service has said the safety of inmates is paramount.
Frances Fitzgerald is asking the Supreme Court to clarify the law.
The training and continuous development of prison staff is one aspect that will be reviewed in a major new audit.
Fianna Fáil believes that temporary release is being used to ease overcrowding in some prisons.
It was also found that child abuse was a factor in a significant number of cases
Minister says he doesn’t foresee any difficulties managing new programme with current probation staff levels.
The Prison Officers Association is warning that overcrowding in prisons makes attacks on other prisoners and prison officers more likely.
The inspector of prisons will investigate the death of every person in the custody of the Irish Prison Service.
In numbers: The Irish Prison Service 2010 review shows an increase of 11.4pc in the numbers sent to prison last year overall, with over a third more people going to prison for not paying court-ordered fines.
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Judge Michael Reilly says that investigations into the deaths of prisoners do not meet the standards of international best practice and lack consistency across the country’s 14 prisons.
The Irish Human Rights Commission has presented a report to the UN Committee Against Torture condemning Ireland’s penal policy and detention conditions.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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