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# Prison
Reports reveal issues in Irish prisons
The 2010 reports on Ireland’s prisons reveal the issues that are affecting staff and prisoners – from smuggled mobile phones to gangs.
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Nov 21st 2011, 2:17 PM
# Prisons
Focus should be on better conditions - not more prisons
There are currently almost 5,000 prisoners in Irish prisons, and the Irish Penal Reform trust says the Government should focus on making prison conditions better: not building more prisons.
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Nov 7th 2011, 11:49 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
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Nov 7th 2011, 8:24 AM
# Prisons
Plan to cut prison numbers by boosting community service
New legislation will force judges to consider community work instead of jail for minor offenders.
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Oct 2nd 2011, 4:03 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Aug 25th 2011, 4:50 PM
# Venezuela
In Pictures: Riots leave at least three dead in Venezuelan prisons
Horrified relatives struggled to contain their emotions as they watched the violence unfold.
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Jun 20th 2011, 3:12 PM
# UNCAT
Deep concern expressed by UN at levels of overcrowding in Irish prisons
United Nations Committee against Torture recommends that a mechanism should be astablished to facilitate criminal complaints. It also calls the practice of slopping out “inhumane”.
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Jun 6th 2011, 4:13 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Photos emerge from the Osama compound – but none of the dead look like Osama; Obama to address crowds at O’Connell Street; and Matthew Elderfield gives bank boards their notice.
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May 6th 2011, 8:30 AM
# Prisons
Dáil will delay summer break to pass new prison laws
Alan Shatter says new legislation to reduce the prison population will be passed by the end of July.
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May 6th 2011, 8:15 AM
# DNA
Prisoners will be forced to give DNA samples for national crime database - report
A newspaper reports also says that anyone arrested for a crime carrying a jail term of five years or more could be forced to give a sample.
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Apr 30th 2011, 10:29 AM
# Prisons
Torture watchdog slams conditions in Irish prisons
The report from a Council of Europe committee heavily criticises conditions in some of the country’s major prisons.
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Feb 10th 2011, 8:23 AM
# Prisons
Prison system damaging to individuals and society: report
The Irish Prison Chaplains’ annual reports slams the criminal justice system and the media.
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Nov 29th 2010, 9:58 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you really, really need to know by 9am: the details of the bailout-that-wasn’t; ‘Snovember’ sees temperatures to fall as low as minus 10, and Leslie Nielsen dies.
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Nov 29th 2010, 8:46 AM
# Prisons
Number in prison to reach highest ever by next year
Prison Service warns of increased numbers imprisoned as court services resume, and Liveline callers claim they went to jail for failing to pay litter fines.
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Oct 14th 2010, 2:21 PM
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