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Wednesday 21 October 2020
The United States is up for its four-year review.
It’s the second death of a prisoner in 24 hours.
Two are over capacity and four are almost there.
Nearly half of those were in Mountjoy Prison.
There have been a number of attacks on officers this year.
Ben Carson has since walked back his claims.
The training and continuous development of prison staff is one aspect that will be reviewed in a major new audit.
The Irish Prison Officers’ Association said the initiatives announced this week are nothing new.
That’s after 728 were confiscated last year.
And how are they being trained for life outside?
The nine justices acknowledged the validity of prison officials’ security concerns — that inmates could hide weapons or other contraband inside their whiskers.
“Sex is a natural thing,” says Wheatfield Prison governor Colm Bartley
Young people have the highest rates of reoffending, but they also have the greatest capacity for change – scientific evidence proves this.
Fianna Fáil believes that temporary release is being used to ease overcrowding in some prisons.
The search was based on intelligence gathered.
The Inspector of Prisons has criticised the lack of accountability among prison officers.
The officers claim staffing levels are dangerously low.
The Inspector of Prisons had said prisoners in the unit were inactive and the unit was ‘dirty’during his visits.
The deaths occurred between January 2012 and June 2014.
The schools are on the same campus but are to be brought under one director.
Marius Sarzynski was found by prison staff last night.
Annual reports from five prison visiting committees were published today.
Ireland’s appearance before the UN Human Rights Committee was disappointing: we have not made the changes recommended four years ago.
The Irish Penal Reform Trust wants ethnic monitoring in prison
Heroin use among prisoners was at 11 per cent last month.
The minister has charged the the Inspector of Prisons to carry out the investigation.
The Irish Penal Reform Trust have also questioned how the issue of phone recording could remain hidden for four years.
The Prison Service believes that another 1,000 calls relate to prisoners who are no longer in custody.
Poor living conditions and substandard visiting conditions in state’s two female prisons.
Irish prisons are attempting to limit the use of restrictive regimes.
The Irish Prison Service is in charge of prisoners, but if they abscond gardaí are informed.
Just over 6 per cent of Ireland’s prison population will be given varying periods of release from jail over the festive period.
Four prisoners were recently recaptured – including one who had absconded in 2002.
The annual Parole Board review for 2012 was published today.
‘Helping people to help themselves’ is our mantra at Bóthar, which is why we involve prisons, schools and community organisations in helping the world’s most vulnerable, writes Peter Ireton.
Reports by the Department of Justice were published today and found that there were many areas to be praised – but also many that needed work.
The Irish Penal Reform Trust said today that extended periods of isolation can cause harm to prisoners’ mental health and make rehabilitation impossible.
Just 17 women out of a total of 966 people, are serving sentences of more than seven years, mostly at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin.
Meanwhile, Operation Acer has seen a reduction of burglaries by more than 10 per cent since its introduction.
A major new study has found that convicted burglars re-offended seventy nine per cent of the time.
WITH LEVEL 5 restrictions coming into effect at midnight until 1 December, many businesses will be forced to close for the next six weeks.
Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
As the festive season approaches we want to know: Will you make an extra effort to ‘buy irish’ this Christmas?
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Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
This week, a home cook and recent sea swimming convert talks us through her week.
Some sun, then clouds, a few showers
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Min: 5 °C
Chilly with a blend of sun and clouds
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Clouds and sun with a couple of showers
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