Prison Inspector criticises use of solitary confinement to contain Covid-19
Prison Service rejects recommendations that inmates be granted more time outdoors
Coronavirus: All prisoners have now been offered vaccine
About 84% have received at least one dose, suggesting refusal rate of approximately 16%
Death of terminally ill prisoner ‘inhuman and degrading’, says charity
PRT says failure to bring dying man in severe pain to nearby hospital ‘not acceptable’
Prisoner number 102640: David Drumm arrives in Mountjoy
Former Anglo chief executive likely to serve 3½ years before being due for release
Phones for life-sentence prisoners likely to cause surprise
Prisons have been struggling to stem traffic of illicit mobile phones into facilities for years
Nurturing responsibility in Cavan’s open prison
Can growing vegetables help prepare prisoners to return to society as law-abiding citizens?
FF TD criticised over ‘reference’ letter used in court by dissident
‘It was absolutely not a character reference for Séamus McGrane,’ says Éamon Ó Cuív
If you agree to being assaulted, where do you stand under the law?
Supreme Court ruling could have implications for cases involving sport, sadomasochism
Cork Prison faces ‘costly’ legal action over inmate murder
Graham Johnson’s family lodge High Court proceedings over Brian Veale’s kitchen job
Prison officers are paid for overtime they did not work
New system for extra hours pay is criticised in Comptroller and Auditor General report
New Growth project helps people to put down roots
Thriving or Surviving: This week we look at the New Growth horticultural project in Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, in Dublin
The Joy documentary on life in Mountjoy to air from Monday
Documentary painstakingly carves portrait of prison life among Mountjoy population
Drugs, violence and jailing of mentally ill persist in prisons
Visiting committee reports for 2014 published by Minister for Justice
Cataloguing the Irish ‘Big House’
Auction catalogues for house contents sales rise in value and are now collectable
Ó Cuív defends making plea for killer to move to open prison
TD wrote letter on behalf of man convicted of manslaughter
60 per cent of Cork prisoners committed for not paying fines
Prison reports find ongoing problems with overcrowding and drugs
Increase in prisoners out for Christmas
Almost 250 inmates freed by Minister on varying periods of temporary release
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