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# penal-reform - Sunday 9 July, 2017
'Prisoners have a very basic human need for contact'
A change in prison rules looks at the “meaningful human contact” prisoners get when out of their cells.
# penal-reform - Sunday 16 October, 2016
Opinion: 'Prison does not cure prisoners. They do not effectively punish crime'
It is common knowledge that deaths from suicide and drug overdoses are common in Irish prisons, writes researcher Stephen Strauss-Walsh.
# penal-reform - Friday 19 December, 2014
Column: We continue to put children in adult prisons. It is utterly unacceptable.
Young people have the highest rates of reoffending, but they also have the greatest capacity for change – scientific evidence proves this.
# penal-reform - Saturday 11 October, 2014
Timeline to end 'slopping out' in prisons needs to be set
The new human rights commissioner said she is concerned about serious gaps in prison complaints procedures.
# penal-reform - Friday 7 March, 2014
Women's prison population one third over capacity
Poor living conditions and substandard visiting conditions in state’s two female prisons.
# penal-reform - Saturday 9 November, 2013
End of an era: slopping out to officially end in Mountjoy this month
Twelve per cent of prisoners are currently forced to ‘slop out’ but the Prison Service says things are gradually changing.
# penal-reform - Monday 11 June, 2012
Shatter announces major redevelopment at Limerick Prison
Both the A and B wings will be replaced with a modern, 100-cell accommodation block.
# penal-reform - Monday 12 December, 2011
Column: Long jail terms don’t work in tackling crime – no matter what ‘common sense’ says
Our prisons are bursting, and yet we continue to lock more people up. To keep communities safe we need a serious rethink, writes Liam Herrick.
# penal-reform - Monday 30 May, 2011
The Daily Fix: Monday
Catch up on the day’s news, including: Zuma arrives in Libya for mediation; Prison Inspector criticises investigations into prisoner deaths; and what really happens when you don’t pay your TV licence…
Prisons' Inspector criticises procedures for investigating prisoner deaths
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.
# penal-reform - Tuesday 11 January, 2011
Labour launch policy document on penal reform
Ireland’s current penal system is ineffective and leads to overcrowded prisons, argue Pat Rabbittee and Ivana Bacik.
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Poll: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
IT’S A MONTH since the launch of the HSE’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app.
Since then, the app has had well over one million downloads, with the take-up rate heralded as being “the most successful launch” of the app anywhere in the world, said HSE CEO Paul Reid last month.
The app is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
As cases begin to rise again – particularly in Kildare, Laois and Offaly – health officials fear that transmission could once again spread within the community.
Of the 174 cases reported yesterday, around 50 of them were reported outside of the three counties now under new restrictions.
With that in mind, we want to know: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
Poll Results:
Yes, I check in every day (109)
Yes, I check in most days (90)
Yes, but I only check in once or twice per week (69)
No, I've stopped using it (66)
I didn't download it (47)
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Larry Donnelly: American politics is in a bad state and the TV networks aren't helping
By Larry Donnelly - @LarryPDonnelly
Steamed mussels and 'Beeramisu' - two recipes for you from Urban Brewing in Dublin
By Dan Keane
Dan Keane, head chef at Urban Brewing, shares his lockdown experience and a couple of tasty recipes.
Opinion: 'Revolution Period' is here - so why are the authorities banning tampon ads?
By Kitty Maguire
Opinion: We've waited long enough - we must wipe out nuclear weapons for good
By International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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