Derek Brockwell: Search for ‘violent, hardened criminal’ continues, as...
The two prison officers stabbed by Brockwell as he made his escape are said to be recovering well in hospital.
View ArticlePrison officers vote on industrial action is “an opening salvo”
There have been a number of attacks on officers this year.
View Article‘Irish prisons run smoothly on the goodwill of staff – that will end’
Voluntary duties are to be withdrawn from prison officers under industrial action voted on yesterday.
View ArticlePrisoners, parole and politics don’t – and shouldn’t – mix
Jim O’Callaghan SC on why the power of parole should be taken from Ministers for Justice and put in independent hands.
View ArticleThis TD thinks new prison visiting rules are “incredibly sinister”
The Irish Prison Service isn’t quite sure what he’s on about though…
View ArticlePrisoner stabbed in head with ‘sharpened spoon’ in serious condition
The prisoner lost a huge amount of blood in the attack.
View ArticlePresident Higgins tells women prisoners: ‘I never underestimate how difficult...
“Your opinions and views matter and your voices should be heard,” he said.
View ArticleThese are just some of the lethal homemade weapons seized in Irish prisons
The Irish Prison Service launched a confidential helpline today for inmates and members of the public to report information about contraband.
View ArticleSex offenders will be electronically tagged, just not yet
At present there is no provision in the Act for the electronic tagging of sex offenders.
View ArticleCloverhill riot: Prisoners injured, two climb onto roof
Officers in riot gear were sent to deal with the protest, after attempts to resolve it via negotiation failed.
View ArticleCloverhill inmates coaxed down from prison roof with snack boxes
Negotiators spoke with the prisoners for over 12 hours.
View ArticleRehabilitation services: What exactly is being offered and how many prisoners...
“Prison is about network-building and if those on the inside aren’t educated, this will foster more crime on the outside.”
View ArticleGangs, drugs and violence: Documentary looks into life in Mountjoy Prison
“Prison is a dangerous spot, if you’re weak you won’t last.”
View ArticleIreland’s most dangerous prisons: Around the country staff are working in...
So far this year there have been more than 50 assaults by prisoners on staff.
View ArticleWhoops: Over 3,000 US prisoners mistakenly freed early
“Frankly, it is maddening,” the governor of Washington state said.
View ArticleWhen life means life: ‘All I went for was a few bob. I hadn’t it in mind at...
Through the Freedom of Information Act, TheJournal.ie discovered there are just three men who have been imprisoned for over 40 years for murders committed back in the 1960s and 1970s.
View ArticleThese are the countries that imprison the most foreigners
There are around 1,200 Irish nationals imprisoned abroad.
View Article‘They think you are a poof and they prey on you’
A new report documents the experiences of LGBT people in prison, an “invisible population”.
View ArticlePrisoners can vote – so why don’t they?
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.
View ArticleVideo shows inmates escaping from Canadian prison by helicopter
The men were arrested hours after their great escape.
View ArticleIrish prisons need to have a better plan for released inmates
A new prisons report is concerned with homelessness and re-offending among new releases.
View Article15 detainees transferred out of Guantanamo Bay as Obama seeks to close facility
Once transferred, former inmates are usually freed subject to supervision and undergoing rehabilitation programs.
View ArticleRamen noodles are replacing cigarettes as currency among prisoners in US jails
A study suggests noodles are “the most valuable US prison commodity.”
View ArticleOfficer hospitalised with knife wounds after intervening in prison attack
The officer intervened in a shiv attack on an inmate.
View ArticleAssaults on prison staff cost the state around €26 million over seven years
It found that 3% of prison staff (93 people) were directly assaulted by prisoners in 2015.
View ArticleOver half of prisoners are in some form of training
The services are available to all in the prison system.
View ArticleUS prisons fight heroin addiction with $1,000 monthly injection
Expert opinion on the drug is mixed but a study showed users had a lower rate of relapse after the injection.
View ArticleSeventeen prisoners shot dead following mass breakout in a Papua New Guinea...
Jails in Papua New Guinea are often overcrowded and conditions are poor.
View ArticleConvicted criminal climbed on roof of Mountjoy Prison and stripped naked
The incident happened yesterday afternoon.
View ArticleTwo inmates 'dangerous beyond description' on the run after killing guards
“My biggest worry is they’re going to kill somebody else.”
View ArticleFour foreign prisoners have tunnelled out of a Bali jail
One of the men was due to be released within months.
View Article'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.
View ArticleThe Dóchas female prison experienced the highest number of assaults by...
Prison Officer Association’s president Stephen Delaney said that the Dochas centre “is a very challenging environment” for his members.
View ArticleNo damages for prisoner whose rights were breached by being forced to...
The High Court ruled that Gary Simpson’s right to privacy was breached.
View Article'People we recruit from prison are on average more loyal, more honest and...
The UK’s leading employer of people with convictions says there can be huge benefits in hiring ex-prisoners.
View ArticlePrisoners want to be able to use Skype to contact their families
Overcrowding, nutrition, healthcare and access to mental health services remain as issues for prisons in Ireland.
View ArticleIrish Prison Service paid out €500k in loans to inmates over three years
The loans were given for a number of reasons, including the purchases of games consoles.
View ArticleOver 2,000 people jailed for non-payment of fines last year
The latest figures shows there has been a significant drop in the number of imprisonments following new legislation.
View ArticleMany prisoners on Spike Island may have been from 'black spots of disadvantage'
Spike Island initially became a convict depot in 1847.
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