Irish Prison Service

Prison officials increasingly using other forms of early or temporary release to ease record overcrowding

Arts Council hopes people will engage more in local projects after experiencing some of 1,700 free events nationwide later this month

Irish Prison Service says consultants assessing facility, which closed in 2016, with view to providing feasibility report into site’s future

Thirty titles from some of Ireland’s most beloved writers will be distributed, with some authors reading excerpts for prisoners

About 40% of women in Dóchas prison at any time are on remand pending trial, visiting committee found

Probation expert says homelessness and addiction are almost like ‘manifestations of mental health difficulties’

Almost 8 per cent of male remand prisoners have current or recent psychotic symptoms, 10 times the community rate

There has been a 60% increase in grants of temporary release since the eligbility rules were relaxed last year

State authorities remain on red alert due to high risk to life from synthetic opiate that is up to 25 times more potent than fentanyl

Prisoners in Ireland are entitled to 25 per cent off their sentences, regardless of behaviour

Report published into death of 34-year-old prisoner at Cloverhill Prison

Eleven men treated in hospital after overdosing on Tuesday have since been discharged and returned to custody

Quantity of powdered substance recently smuggled into high-security prison has been found and sent for analysis

Suspected highly potent synthetic opioids ingested by 11 inmates at Portlaoise Prison who were then hospitalised

Record number of people incarcerated at present and penal system operating at 112 per cent capacity

Prison staff believe batch of highly potent synthetic drugs consumed by prisoners

Threat was made via Samaritans service in late June, prompting search at Simon Harris’s home in Greystones

Parole Board will retain ultimate responsibility for deciding release date despite proposed reforms

Prisoner numbers have increased by 26% in the last five years, forcing authorities to try frantically to find ways to alleviate overcrowding

Irish Prison Service ‘working closely’ with HSE in response to detection of synthetic opioid which led to a series of overdoses last year in Dublin and Cork

Event in aid of paediatric ward in Sligo hospital, Mayo hospice and Roscommon youth services

Expected bill for outstanding legal claims against the State has surpassed €5 billion for the first time

Phone call on Wednesday evening was made to a Samaritans helpline, and the organisation immediately raised the alarm

Council of Europe data shows overcrowding still an issue in Irish jails and is worse than many other systems in Europe

The academic project Prisons of Note brings joins civilians in harmony with inmates. ‘We have the most amazing conversations’

Briefing note from Department of Integration says tented village is an ‘emergency’ response

Verdict of misadventure delivered in case of death of Thomas Stokes (23)

Social care worker who turned to Samaritans in time of need speaks of value of service, which has received more than 5 million calls in a decade

Ministers reveal personnel at Department of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Office of Public Works also facing disciplinary investigations

Survivor says it is ‘impossible to say’ how his life would have turned out had he not been abused by Gerard O’Brien

Operation to focus on gathering of intelligence about key players profiting from lucrative trade

In a pre-budget submission, the department said staff and prisoners would face ‘acute risks’ and rehabilitation would be ‘severely curtailed’

Inspector finds the numbers of clinical staff in prisons is insufficient to meet the needs of inmates with mental illnesses

In his memoir, British singer-songwriter claims Irish musician called him the c-word, but Kitt dismisses it as an ‘Alan Partridge version of what happened’

Damien Quinn founded a charity that helps former inmates re-integrate in society after he struggled to following his release from prison

Young man with serious respiratory condition, who is receiving medical treatment in prison, not allowed to leave room for security reasons, prison authorities say

Complaint by Mountjoy prison officer John Muldowney fails over ‘inordinate’ delay in bringing case

Gardaí and Prison Service separately probing the allegations that a man in transit from court was assaulted by a prison officer

WRC adjudicator criticises department for investigation in which former Prison Service HR director moved from witness to ‘co-accused’

This week children have been taking part in bonding activities with their imprisoned fathers in Shelton Abbey prison in Wicklow