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
Jail ‘rarely’ cost-effective for short-sentence prisoners
Prison Officers’ Association told those jailed for less than year lack motivation to change
Racist social media comments ‘have damaged’ Irish Prison Service
Director general orders new anti-racism programme for staff
Prisons source older game consoles to prevent inmates using internet
Xboxes fall under ‘incentivised regimes policy’, says director general of prison service
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
Record surge in prisoners triggers early release move
Biggest increase in incarceration in decade as more being jailed for not paying fines
Prison watchdog criticises Mountjoy over repeated staff failures
Inspector calls for ‘zero tolerance’ approach following report into death of inmate
Evidence of wrongful surveillance by prison service staff uncovered
Staff exceeded remit and engaged in unacceptable practices, Minister for Justice says
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
AG considers report into alleged covert surveillance in prisons
Charlie Flanagan said he is concerned by some of the findings of the report
Minister promises new tech to counter drone smuggling into prisons
Fifty packages thrown or flown into Wheatfield Prison in one week, conference told
Pioneering prison health scheme credited with reduction in knife attacks
Irish Red Cross programme seen as model for peer-to-peer education among prisoners
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
First female Prison Service director general appointed
Caron McCaffrey has been working in the prison service for 18 years
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