‘Preventable’ prison deaths highlight serious systemic failures, says Irish Penal Reform Trust
Series of reports published by Minister for Justice ‘lay bare cracks in system that continue to widen, with devastating consequences’
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Enoch Burke’s ‘moot’ challenge to disciplinary panel membership struck out in High Court
Judge had jailed teacher and family members removed from courtroom on Friday for disrupting proceedings
Arrests of deportees intensify overcrowding in Irish prisons
Intended deportees ‘compete for floor space’ with violent offenders despite committing no crimes
Gerry Hutch’s mask slips again as ego drives newest Dáil bid
Dubliner’s plans to run in upcoming city centre byelection mean his criminal past, and present, must be discussed
How the Irish cannabis market has been transformed by legalisation in other countries
Canada and Thailand also sources of multimillion-euro uptick in supply of drug to Irish market in past two years
Judge orders arrest of Enoch Burke after he turns up at Wilson’s Hospital School
Barrister for the school says principal should not have to be dealing with this situation
Women prisoners left to huddle in doorways during storm while locked outside
New report details ‘stark’ and ‘degrading’ conditions in the Irish prison system driven by record overcrowding
Enoch Burke leaves Mountjoy Prison after High Court orders release to prepare for hearing
Teacher tells judge he intends to immediately return ‘for work’ at Wilson’s Hospital School upon release
Irish prison conditions among the worst ‘anywhere’, chief inspector tells politicians
Committee told Mountjoy in Dublin no longer a viable option, with Thornton Hall site yet to be developed
‘Cockroaches, cold cells, wet walls, broken toilets’ among Mountjoy inmates’ complaints
Overcrowding highlighted as main issue in annual Mountjoy Prison Visiting Committee report
‘It has changed my whole life’: How ‘listeners’ in Wheatfield Prison support fellow inmates
Prisoner support volunteers respond to about 170 calls each year, with family and loneliness common issues
Enoch Burke returned to prison after being arrested close to Wilson’s Hospital School
Teacher trespassed at Wilson’s Hospital School last week in latest repeated breach of court orders
Man faces trial for possessing mobile phone in Mountjoy and directing criminal gang
Three other men and a woman appear in court on connected changes
Politicians want to ‘look tough’ on crime, but locking people up in dysfunctional prisons is not the answer
There is something very problematic about the current political approach to crime, repeatedly cramming more into prisons
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