# Prison

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# covid jab

HSE confirms prison nurses will be vaccinated as frontline healthcare workers - but timeline remains unclear

Some prison nurses were told they would not be included in the healthcare worker stage of the vaccine roll-out at all.

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Jan 16th 2021, 7:30 AM

# Mountjoy Prison

Man arrested after 'largest ever seizure' of prison contraband destined for Kinahan cartel inmates

The seizure was made at Mountjoy Prison earlier today.

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Nov 17th 2020, 6:17 PM

# Justice Minister

There have been 8 deaths in prison custody to date this year, and 100 deaths in 10 years

The figures to 1 October this year are down on the 15 deaths that occurred in Irish prisons last year.

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Oct 10th 2020, 7:15 AM

# Saga

Harry Maguire set for retrial after appeal against Greek court verdict is accepted

The Manchester United captain was handed a suspended prison sentence of 21 months and 10 days.

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Aug 26th 2020, 5:50 PM

# Prison

Woman becomes first confirmed Covid-19 case in Irish prison system

It is understood the woman has been in quarantine since her incarceration.

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Aug 22nd 2020, 3:58 PM

# Covid-19

Fifty-five prisoners granted temporary release since start of March re-arrested

Thirty-seven of the 55 were re-arrested for allegedly committing a range of criminal offences.

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Jun 24th 2020, 8:00 PM

# Infection Control

'Everyone had to play their part': How Ireland kept Covid-19 out of its prisons

Even with the movement of staff in and out of prisons and some 700 new committals there have been no confirmed cases among inmates.

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Jun 10th 2020, 5:29 PM

# Lima

Nine killed in Peru prison protest against overcrowded conditions during pandemic

Officials said the nine inmates were shot during clashes with authorities.

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Apr 28th 2020, 8:00 PM

# Iran

'An agonising wait': Decision on Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release from prison delayed again

The British-Iranian mother has been temporarily freed from Evin Prison in Tehran in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Apr 19th 2020, 3:32 PM

# weinstein

Harvey Weinstein transferred to maximum-security prison in upstate New York

The former producer has been sentenced to 23 years in prison.

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Mar 19th 2020, 6:59 AM

# Prison

Alcohol-free hand sanitiser given to prisoners over fears it would be used for 'moonshine'

Alcohol-based sanitiser was banned after prisoners drank a concoction of handwash and prescription drugs in 2014.

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Mar 16th 2020, 10:46 AM

# Dublin

Prisoners removed after spending night on roof of Mountjoy

Mountjoy senior management have commenced an investigation into the incident.

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Dec 24th 2019, 11:12 AM

# Annual Report

Inspector of Prisons was refused entry to facility by officer who 'appeared to be intoxicated'

The details of the incident are contained in the Office of Inspector of Prisons 2018 annual report.

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Dec 16th 2019, 4:06 PM

# Cloverhill Prison

Man arrested after fellow inmate found strangled to death in Cloverhill Prison

A man in his 50s has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

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Nov 24th 2019, 11:20 AM

# Investigation

Man dies at Cloverhill Prison after incident involving another prisoner

A Garda investigation has been launched.

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Nov 23rd 2019, 8:27 AM

# richard huckle

One of Britain’s worst paedophiles stabbed to death in prison

Richard Huckle was given 22 life sentences in 2016 for an unprecedented number of offences against children.

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Oct 14th 2019, 8:48 PM

# A Rugby Life

'Some of the generals wanted me executed and that sort of craic'

Willie Anderson’s career took him to places far more frightening than the teeth of an All Black haka.

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Oct 13th 2019, 8:00 PM

# Prison

Isis views Ireland as 'somewhere to fundraise rather than attack'

Five people are serving prison sentences in Ireland for convictions related to Islamist extremism offences, according to a new report.

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Oct 2nd 2019, 12:26 PM

# Lawsuit

US woman left to give birth alone in jail cell sues city of Denver

After almost six hours of labour, Diana Sanchez gave birth to a boy.

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Aug 31st 2019, 12:45 PM

# maria miller

Woman who held pensioner as slave and forced her to sleep in outhouse jailed in England

The victim, now aged 74, has learning difficulties.

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Aug 30th 2019, 10:38 PM

# epstein

Jeffrey Epstein signed a will two days before his suicide

Lawyers representing women who claim they were sexually abused by Epstein have vowed to go after his assets.

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Aug 20th 2019, 7:25 AM

# Released

Convicted child sex offender Tom Humphries released from Midlands Prison

The former sports journalist was jailed for the sexual exploitation and defilement of a child.

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Aug 16th 2019, 11:57 AM

# New York

Two prison guards put on leave after Jeffrey Epstein's death

The convicted paedophile was found dead in a prison cell in New York at the weekend.

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Aug 13th 2019, 8:36 PM

# Clauvino da Silva

Brazilian prisoner who tried to escape disguised as daughter found dead in his cell

Clauvino da Silva tried to walk out the front door of a Rio de Janeiro jail at the weekend.

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Aug 6th 2019, 8:23 PM

# opposition leader

Putin-critic Alexei Navalny sent back to prison after suspicious 'allergic reaction'

Alexei Navalny is serving a 30-day sentence for calling a mass protest in Moscow.

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Jul 29th 2019, 10:10 PM

# Cloverhill

'He could have lost his eye': Prison officer injured in assault by inmate at Cloverhill

The Prison Officers Association has called for the provision of protective equipment like batons and pepper spray for staff.

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Jul 26th 2019, 6:10 AM

# Joaquin Guzman

Drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman sentenced to life in US prison

Guzman, the 62-year-old former co-leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, was convicted in February.

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Jul 17th 2019, 4:23 PM

# probation service

Over 355,000 hours of community service work carried out by offenders last year

The 2018 annual report of the Probation Service is published today.

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Jun 17th 2019, 6:00 AM

# Wisconsin

Wisconsin man sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping 13-year-old and killing her parents

Jake Patterson (21) pleaded guilty to two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping.

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May 25th 2019, 10:27 AM

# Freed

Whistleblower Chelsea Manning released from US prison

Manning was jailed in early March for refusing to testify in a grand jury investigation .

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May 10th 2019, 11:41 AM

# Prison

'The danger is unquantifiable': Prison officers say there are 28 gang factions in Mountjoy alone

The POA said prison officers are dealing with assaults on a daily basis.

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May 2nd 2019, 5:39 PM

# Criminal

Prisoners sleeping on floors as overcrowding a 'serious issue,' prison officers warn

The prison population in Ireland has seen the number of inmates rise by hundreds in Irish prisons over the past three years.

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May 2nd 2019, 8:48 AM

# Paul Johnston

Escaped murderer extradited from Republic to Northern Ireland

Paul Johnston was serving a life sentence when he absconded from prison in 2017.

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Mar 29th 2019, 3:14 PM

# Fire

Investigation launched following fire at Midlands Prison

Early indications suggest faulty wiring was the cause of the blaze.

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Mar 12th 2019, 6:51 PM

# michael chiolo

'Radicalised' inmate shot and detained after slashing guards in French prison attack

The raid also left prisoner Michael Chiolo’s visiting partner fatally wounded.

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Mar 6th 2019, 7:49 AM

# prison education

Trainee solicitors are going into prisons to teach prisoners about the law

“It is not just someone banging on about the law for an hour, there are lesson plans in place.”

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Feb 23rd 2019, 9:30 AM

# Prison Service

'Mind-boggling': Department can't say whether payments to firm were for surveillance of prison staff

The prison service paid two private security companies over a two-year period.

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Feb 15th 2019, 6:20 AM

# Óglaigh na hÉireann

Bomb disposal, prison security, peacekeeping - The work of the Irish Defence Forces in 2018

There are currently 650 members of the Defence Forces serving in 14 countries.

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Dec 28th 2018, 11:32 AM

# Birmingham

Couple who named their son after Hitler sentenced to prison for membership of banned right-wing group

The pair were members of the banned group National Action.

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Dec 18th 2018, 3:21 PM

# violence reduction

Inside the new Violence Reduction Unit at the Midlands Prison - designed for the nation's most violent criminals

The unit has the ability to house nine criminals.

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Nov 9th 2018, 5:40 PM