Prisons
# prisons - Yesterday’s News
50 years ago, these last prisoners left Alcatraz forever
These archive pictures show the final working hours of one of the world’s most notorious jails.
# prisons - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Fine Gael TDs on Twitter and free GP care : The week’s news skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Leinster House goes wild photocopying arses, free GP care for healthy citizens, and FG TDs insult each other for Twitter practice.
# prisons - Friday 3 May, 2013
The 5 at 5: Friday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Prison officers: ‘We can’t deal with 16-year-olds – we’re not child carers’
The Prison Officers Association says members need special training to deal with underage inmates – and they don’t get it.
# prisons - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
St Patrick’s report positive – but says violence and gangs are still a problem
The report said that housing 16 and 17 year olds continues to be a challenge at the prison.
# prisons - Tuesday 7 August, 2012
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
In numbers: the state of Ireland’s prisons in 2011
The cost of detaining a prisoner in Irish jails fell last year – but to what?
# prisons - Thursday 24 May, 2012
Mental health services inadequate, prisons below standards – Amnesty
In its annual report on the state of human rights in the world, the organisation also said that the UN Security Council had not shown the same courage as those who had participated in the Arab Spring.
# prisons - Tuesday 22 May, 2012
‘Disturbing issues’ uncovered by probe of St Patrick’s youth institution
The Inspector of Prisons is undertaking a “far reaching” inquiry into the institution, where 16 and 17-year-olds are held.
# prisons - Thursday 10 May, 2012
Almost 500 prisoners have absconded since 2008
Thirty-three prisoners are currently listed as absconded, Minister for Justice and Equality Alan Shatter said this week.
# prisons - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Prisoners on temporary release will ‘pose no risk to public’ insists Shatter
Justice Minister Alan Shatter was responding to concerns over a new scheme that will see 150 prisoners on temporary release at any one time.
# prisons - Monday 30 April, 2012
Dramatic 45 per cent increase in numbers sent to prison
However, the number of prison staff has actually fallen over the last five years.
# prisons - Friday 27 April, 2012
Prison officer ‘slashed across face and hands with razor blades’
The Prison Officers Association is warning that overcrowding in prisons makes attacks on other prisoners and prison officers more likely.
# prisons - Thursday 26 April, 2012
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good morning! Hope you’re not too wet out there…
# prisons - Sunday 8 April, 2012
Temporary release of prisoners ‘reduces risk to the community’ – Shatter
The Minister for Justice has said the planned temporary release of certain prisoners helps the “gradual reintegration” of criminals into society.
# prisons - Friday 6 April, 2012
The 9 at 9: Good Friday
Nine things to know this morning…
# prisons - Monday 2 April, 2012
The 5 at 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Funding secured to end detention of children in adult prison
The €50m funding will mean the end of housing underage offenders in St Patrick’s Institution, which is an adult prison.
# prisons - Thursday 29 March, 2012
Poll: Do you think there should be ‘open prisons’?
There are 19 inmates on the run from open prisons in Ireland. Only 6 per cent of our total prison population is in an open centre. Do we need them at all? You decide…
Prisoner has been on the run since 1995
Joint Oireachtas Committee hears that there are 19 prisoners unlawfully at large – one for 17 years.
GRA chief warns of ‘risk to public safety’ over escaped prisoner incident
Damien McCarthy condemned the reasoning behind the transfer of a convicted garda killer to a low-security prison – saying that lax adherence to established standards was resulting in a risk to public safety.
Garda killer had escaped from same prison before
More details have emerged in the case of Martin McDermott, who was serving time for the manslaughter of a garda when he escaped from a Cavan prison earlier this month.
# prisons - Friday 16 March, 2012
GRA questions holding garda killer in low-security facility
The Garda Representative Association has also called for tougher sentences for certain murders, such as the killing of gardaÃ.
# prisons - Thursday 15 March, 2012
Column: 7 essential ways to fix our broken prison system
Our prisons have become pressure cookers, bursting at the seams and increasingly difficult to police. Eoin O’Carroll sets out new ideas for reform.
Call for radical change in Irish prison policy
A report by the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice shows the extent of overcrowding and drug-use in Irish prisons. There was an average of 800 people in prison per day in 1970 – this grew to 4,290 in 2010.
# prisons - Monday 12 March, 2012
Inspector’s report finds Limerick Prison ‘has made progress’
A report by the Inspector of Prisons earlier this year had found that Limerick Prison was not fit for purpose and needed a ‘regime change’.
# prisons - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
Government considering construction of replacement Cork prison
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter says that building a new prison facility in Cork could comprehensively tackle overcrowding and the ongoing practice of ‘slopping out’.
# prisons - Saturday 28 January, 2012
The 9 at 9: Saturday
In today’s 9 at 9: Millionaires and their income tax, Facebook, and a NAMA building is occupied…
# prisons - Tuesday 17 January, 2012
Parts of Limerick Prison ‘not fit for purpose’ – report
The Minister for Justice has expressed “shock” at a report on conditions at Limerick Prison, which highlights issues of overcrowding, cleanliness and hygiene, staffing, physical conditions and repairs.
# prisons - Thursday 5 January, 2012
Two prisoners fail to return after Christmas temporary release
Gardaà have been notified after the two inmates failed to return to their institutions.
# prisons - Thursday 22 December, 2011
160 prisoners to be granted temporary release for Christmas
The majority of the prisoners come from lower security institutions.
# prisons - Monday 12 December, 2011
Column: Long jail terms don’t work in tackling crime – no matter what ‘common sense’ says
Our prisons are bursting, and yet we continue to lock more people up. To keep communities safe we need a serious rethink, writes Liam Herrick.
# prisons - Tuesday 29 November, 2011
Number of prisoners on 23-hour lock-up drops
The number of prisoners on 23-hour lock up has dropped from 250 in January 2010 to 178 this year. However, the Irish Penal Reform Trust says this number is still too high.
# prisons - Monday 21 November, 2011
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.
# prisons - Monday 7 November, 2011
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.
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things to know this morning…
# prisons - Sunday 2 October, 2011
Plan to cut prison numbers by boosting community service
New legislation will force judges to consider community work instead of jail for minor offenders.
# prisons - Thursday 25 August, 2011
Take 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
# prisons - Monday 20 June, 2011
In Pictures: Riots leave at least three dead in Venezuelan prisons
Horrified relatives struggled to contain their emotions as they watched the violence unfold.
# prisons - Monday 6 June, 2011
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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