#Prison

# prison - Friday 23 September, 2016

# High Court Challenge

Convicted drug dealer denies calling prison officer "a dog"

Sep 23rd 2016, 6:05 AM 15,057 Views 0 Comments

Patrick Irwin is serving at 10-year term at Mountjoy Prison.

# prison - Sunday 11 September, 2016

# Redemption

Irish photographer documents life inside notorious Uganda prison

Sep 11th 2016, 9:15 AM 19,560 Views 6 Comments

Inmates at Luzira have access to spiritual seminars and counselling.

# prison - Monday 5 September, 2016

# Brazil

Rio police say all information from ticket touting investigation will be passed to court on Thursday

Sep 5th 2016, 10:30 PM 19,486 Views 0 Comments

Kevin Mallon from THG is due to give new testimony to police today. Both men deny any wrongdoing.

# prison - Monday 29 August, 2016

# Rio De Janeiro

Judge recommends house arrest for Pat Hickey due to his health

Aug 29th 2016, 6:10 PM 20,978 Views 0 Comments

He has been in jail since his arrest on 17 August.

# prison - Monday 22 August, 2016

# Debtors' Prison

Squatters in disused Dublin prison could face jail over contempt of court

Aug 22nd 2016, 12:50 PM 18,764 Views 0 Comments

The squatters had been told to leave the premises by midnight last night.

# prison - Thursday 18 August, 2016

# Five Years Of War

'The blood was like a river': Syrian people speak of horrific torture they endured in prison

Aug 18th 2016, 6:00 AM 18,482 Views 100 Comments

Many people witnessed prisoners dying in custody and some described being held in cells alongside dead bodies.

# prison - Friday 12 August, 2016

# Peter Sutcliffe

Yorkshire Ripper, who murdered 13 women, may move from psychiatric hospital to prison

Aug 12th 2016, 4:51 PM 19,806 Views 28 Comments

He was given 20 life sentences in 1981.

# prison - Friday 5 August, 2016

# Virginia

Jury recommends two-and-a-half year sentence for police officer who killed unarmed black man

Aug 5th 2016, 8:18 AM 16,780 Views 84 Comments

The ex-officer, Stephen Rankin, shot 18-year-old William Chapman in the face and chest outside a Wal-Mart store last year.

# prison - Tuesday 26 July, 2016

# Prison

Three convicted murderers were out on temporary release last week

Jul 26th 2016, 6:03 AM 18,110 Views 31 Comments

In total, 10% of the prison population was out last Wednesday.

# prison - Saturday 23 July, 2016

# Discrimination

Treatment of sick inmates in focus after death by heart attack of 65-year-old prisoner

Jul 23rd 2016, 7:15 AM 16,193 Views 50 Comments

Criticisms are contained in a report into the death of a 65-year-old man at the prison last year.

# prison - Tuesday 12 July, 2016

# Wikileaks

Chelsea Manning attempted to take her own life, legal team confirms

Jul 12th 2016, 8:18 AM 17,095 Views 32 Comments

Manning’s legal team say she will be kept under close observation for several weeks.

# prison - Thursday 7 July, 2016

# PSNI

South East Asian crime gang selling drugs from 'upmarket Belfast apartment'

Jul 7th 2016, 2:04 PM 14,498 Views 19 Comments

The drugs were posted into Northern Ireland from Spain and then re-distributed across the North and in Britain.

# prison - Monday 27 June, 2016

# UK

Teenage boy jailed in London after setting friends up for knife-point burglary

Jun 27th 2016, 7:34 PM 14,729 Views 17 Comments

“He took advantage of this friendship and put his victims through an awful ordeal.”

# On The Inside

Gang culture on the rise in Irish prisons as increasing numbers seek protection

Jun 27th 2016, 6:30 AM 11,311 Views 17 Comments

A visiting committee described the situation in Cloverhill prison in particular as a “logistical nightmare”.

# prison - Saturday 25 June, 2016

# 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Saturday

Jun 25th 2016, 8:55 AM 10,611 Views 2 Comments

Here’s what you need to know as you start your weekend.

# prison - Friday 24 June, 2016

# Baby Adelaide

French mother who left her baby to die on a winter beach jailed for 20 years

Jun 24th 2016, 11:03 PM 23,808 Views 17 Comments

Fabienne Kabou had blamed the killing on “witchcraft”.

# prison - Tuesday 21 June, 2016

# Dublin

Garda awarded €17.5k after being “viciously” attacked by prisoner

Jun 21st 2016, 1:32 PM 14,913 Views 45 Comments

The prisoner, a drug abuser, has since died.

# prison - Wednesday 15 June, 2016

# Prison

Hostage situation at Cloverhill may have been attempt to make claim against State

Jun 15th 2016, 4:29 PM 18,675 Views 11 Comments

An inmate who held another hostage in a cell was given a three and a half year sentence today.

# prison - Wednesday 1 June, 2016

# Cloverhill

Man who tried to smuggle drugs into prison fell asleep on the toilet while passing them

Jun 1st 2016, 3:27 PM 23,900 Views 0 Comments

The man was the subject of threats when it emerged he was on compassionate leave.

# prison - Tuesday 31 May, 2016

# Lockup

Over 100 young Irish adults spend 23 hours a day in a cell like this

May 31st 2016, 2:40 PM 15,514 Views 62 Comments

Young adults are overrepresented in the prison population.

# prison - Sunday 22 May, 2016

# Ireland's Alcatraz

Locked up for years for stealing a handkerchief - Delving into Spike Island's dark past

May 22nd 2016, 6:00 PM 33,869 Views 47 Comments

The prison was intended only as a temporary response to increased criminality during the famine, but remained open for 36 years.

# prison - Friday 13 May, 2016

# Human Rights

'1,000 days have felt like 1,000 years' - Irish student still in Egyptian prison

May 13th 2016, 6:05 AM 18,362 Views 179 Comments

Ibrahim Halawa’s trial is expected to take place at the end of June, nearly three years after he was imprisoned.

# prison - Tuesday 10 May, 2016

# Balbriggan

Driver in 'micro-sleep' who killed woman and injured her baby sentenced to two years

May 10th 2016, 3:29 PM 28,620 Views 76 Comments

The judge said he was imposing the prison term “to send a message” to drivers.

# prison - Friday 6 May, 2016

# Jailed

Shell to Sea activist Maura Harrington arrested in Mayo

May 6th 2016, 7:30 PM 40,617 Views 139 Comments

She has been taken to the Dóchas Centre women’s prison where she is expected to spend ten days.

# prison - Wednesday 4 May, 2016

# Portlaoise

Prison officers to undergo tests after being bitten by convicted 'HIV positive' rapist

May 4th 2016, 1:32 PM 25,466 Views 104 Comments

The matter is the subject of a Garda investigation.

# prison - Tuesday 3 May, 2016

# Court

Eight life sentences for convicted paedophile who raped his girlfriend and her mother

May 3rd 2016, 1:07 PM 45,329 Views 91 Comments

The man cannot be named to protect the women’s identities.

# prison - Saturday 30 April, 2016

# 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Saturday

Apr 30th 2016, 8:55 AM 12,070 Views 3 Comments

Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.

# prison - Thursday 28 April, 2016

# Suspected Overdose

Limerick killer found unresponsive in cell was under 'special observation'

Apr 28th 2016, 1:05 PM 31,693 Views 39 Comments

Gary Campion is serving two life sentences for murders carried out in 2002 and 2009.

# prison - Sunday 24 April, 2016

# West Bank

Israel frees youngest female Palestinian prisoner

Apr 24th 2016, 6:46 PM 19,608 Views 211 Comments

The 12-year-old girl confessed to planning a stabbing attack in the West Bank.

# prison - Saturday 16 April, 2016

# Reflections From Inside

'I took a husband and dad of four away from his family because of my drink driving'

Apr 16th 2016, 2:00 PM 24,479 Views 17 Comments

Kris Caudilla is serving 15 years in prison after he slammed into a car and killed a police officer in 2010.

# prison - Tuesday 12 April, 2016

# Egypt

Ibrahim Halawa transferred prisons and is not missing

Apr 12th 2016, 5:50 PM 27,804 Views 96 Comments

It was earlier reported that he had been moved and his family were unaware of his whereabouts.

# prison - Monday 11 April, 2016

# Eye For An Eye

Australian teen prisoner 'carved Isis symbol into his cellmate's forehead'

Apr 11th 2016, 9:33 PM 24,374 Views 16 Comments

New South Wales Corrections Minister David Elliott said he was outraged by the alleged attack.

# prison - Wednesday 16 March, 2016

# Prison Break

Video shows inmates escaping from Canadian prison by helicopter

Mar 16th 2016, 2:40 PM 17,172 Views 23 Comments

The men were arrested hours after their great escape.

# prison - Friday 4 March, 2016

# Shelton Abbey

Murderer on the loose after absconding from jail in Wicklow

Mar 4th 2016, 11:41 PM 62,026 Views 62 Comments

Gardaí are asking for the public’s assistance in tracking 51-year-old Frederick Lee.

# Pakistan

Man jailed for 13 years for "religiously offensive" Facebook post

Mar 4th 2016, 6:10 AM 16,961 Views 62 Comments

25-year-old Rizwan Haider has been convicted in an anti-terrorism court of three charges after he supposedly published a post referring to the Prophet Mohammed.

# prison - Friday 26 February, 2016

# Disenfranchised

Prisoners can vote - so why don't they?

Feb 26th 2016, 6:10 AM 17,305 Views 45 Comments

The voting ban in British prisons has been a source of controversy, but here, just one in five who register decide to fill in their ballot papers.

# prison - Thursday 25 February, 2016

# Disenfranchised

Here's what these teens would change to make Ireland a better place

Feb 25th 2016, 8:00 PM 18,220 Views 38 Comments

Ahead of the election TheJournal.ie spoke to six Irish teenagers about what they want for the country over the next four years.

# prison - Tuesday 23 February, 2016

# War On Terrorism

Barack Obama is really trying to close Guantanamo Bay prison

Feb 23rd 2016, 6:48 PM 9,787 Views 26 Comments

“This is about closing a chapter in history,” the US President said today.

# prison - Sunday 21 February, 2016

# Freedom

After years in solitary confinement, an innocent woman struggles to get on with her life

Feb 21st 2016, 8:30 AM 36,804 Views 44 Comments

Of her first 29 months in jail, Hailey served about 27 alone in a 6-by-10-foot cell, with a bed, a toilet and a few books to pass the time.

# prison - Thursday 18 February, 2016

# Madrid

Spanish councillor faces year in prison for 2011 topless protest

Feb 18th 2016, 10:31 PM 36,463 Views 46 Comments

27-year-old Rita Maestre went on trial for her role in the protest when she was still a university student.

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