The Irish Times

The Irish Times view on prison overcrowding: Expansion not the only solution

Many sentences of less than 12 months should be replaced with non-custodial sanctions

Mon May 02 2022 - 20:30

Jail ‘rarely’ cost-effective for short-sentence prisoners

Prison Officers’ Association told those jailed for less than year lack motivation to change

Thu Apr 28 2022 - 00:00

Racist social media comments ‘have damaged’ Irish Prison Service

Director general orders new anti-racism programme for staff

Fri Mar 19 2021 - 05:30

Prisons source older game consoles to prevent inmates using internet

Xboxes fall under ‘incentivised regimes policy’, says director general of prison service

Thu Dec 10 2020 - 17:27

Midlands Prison believe Covid outbreak contained after five inmates test positive

Inmates and staff tested in first recorded spread of virus in prison of pandemic

Mon Nov 02 2020 - 19:18

Record surge in prisoners triggers early release move

Biggest increase in incarceration in decade as more being jailed for not paying fines

Mon Jun 15 2020 - 01:50

Prison watchdog criticises Mountjoy over repeated staff failures

Inspector calls for ‘zero tolerance’ approach following report into death of inmate

Thu Jan 09 2020 - 17:13

Evidence of wrongful surveillance by prison service staff uncovered

Staff exceeded remit and engaged in unacceptable practices, Minister for Justice says

Fri Jul 26 2019 - 06:47

Jail population on rise with 350 prisoners serving life sentences

Concerns at overcrowding with daily average of 3,911 inmates noted by Irish Prison Service

Mon Jun 24 2019 - 10:24

AG considers report into alleged covert surveillance in prisons

Charlie Flanagan said he is concerned by some of the findings of the report

Fri May 03 2019 - 11:32

Minister promises new tech to counter drone smuggling into prisons

Fifty packages thrown or flown into Wheatfield Prison in one week, conference told

Thu May 02 2019 - 19:06

Pioneering prison health scheme credited with reduction in knife attacks

Irish Red Cross programme seen as model for peer-to-peer education among prisoners

Mon Apr 29 2019 - 19:28

Is prison the right place for one of Ireland’s most dangerous inmates?

Family of Alan Ellis convinced he is not getting the treatment his condition merits

Thu Dec 27 2018 - 00:01

First female Prison Service director general appointed

Caron McCaffrey has been working in the prison service for 18 years

Thu Dec 13 2018 - 13:54

Electronic tagging and Operation Thor plans criticised by Fine Gael’s John Deasy

Deasy believes €5 million had been committed under the plan would mostly be used to fund Garda overtime

Thu Nov 05 2015 - 21:57