Four ways to reduce prison overcrowding, without building new jails

A slew of reports from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons was published late last week. They exert a powerful cumulative ...

Irish prison conditions among the worst ‘anywhere’, chief inspector tells politicians

Irish prison conditions are among the worst in Europe, according to their most senior inspector, who has spent three decades ...
RTÉ Ireland

'Degrading' conditions and overcrowding highlighted in prison reports

The Chief Inspector of Prisons has said that he has "grave concerns" about "degrading conditions" in Cloverhill Prison while ...

‘Degrading’ Irish jail conditions ‘worst ever seen’ as lags ‘eat meals on floor by toilet’, human rights expert reveals

AN international human rights expert who has inspected jails all over Europe will today warn that the conditions Irish ...
Irish Examiner

Human rights body to discuss 'prison overcrowding litigation'

Chief Inspector of Prisons Mark Kelly said that although it is a judicial matter to determine, the conditions in Irish ...
Reuters

No state collusion in Northern Irish prison murder - report

BELFAST (Reuters) - A British government-led inquiry into the 1997 killing of a leading militant at a top Northern Irish prison found there was no state collusion, a conclusion questioned by relatives ...