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Last year
2023
Prison staff knew Cork man was suffering 'delusions' prior to fatal suicide attempt
31 Jan 2023
39.9k
4
All time
Irish Prison Service to launch major review of how psychologists deal with sex offenders
20 May 2022
30.7k
14
Irish Prison Service set to spend €1.3 million on inmate clothing
10 Mar 2020
22.7k
31
Evidence to suggest tracking device was placed on private car of prison officer, report finds
25 Jul 2019
15.4k
4
Justice Department hit with €27,000 levy by Dublin City Council for vacant site it is trying to transfer to the council
18 Jun 2019
19.1k
13
Man accused of murdering estranged wife Joanne Lee found dead in Mountjoy Prison
12 Apr 2018
71.1k
8
Prison guards are cracking down on moonshine in Irish prisons
2 Apr 2018
17.5k
18
'Prison is all about games. You have to play them right and you'll get out the other side'
18 Feb 2018
26.1k
'I'm the first face you see when you're sent to Mountjoy. Prisoners can be scared and vulnerable'
16 Feb 2018
49.8k
Life as a prison officer in Mountjoy: 'When something is about to happen, you just feel it in the air'
13 Feb 2018
55.5k
23
The Irish Prison Service needs more women and ethnic minorities to become prison officers
11 Feb 2018
25.4k
126
142 prisoners will be granted temporary release over Christmas
22 Dec 2017
8.4k
20
'Prisoners have a very basic human need for contact'
9 Jul 2017
13.0k
31
Experts say fewer young men in Ireland could be a factor in declining prison numbers
16 May 2017
12.9k
34
'It took six officers to restrain him': Psychoactive legal highs are creeping into Irish prisons
14 May 2017
24.4k
19
Dale Creighton killers attacked on their second day in Mountjoy
19 Jan 2017
95.7k
67
'They think you are a poof and they prey on you'
2 Feb 2016
19.7k
82
Some officers 'turning a blind eye' to growth of criminal gangs in prisons
3 Nov 2015
15.1k
58
These are just some of the lethal homemade weapons seized in Irish prisons
6 Jul 2015
22.0k
38
Prisoner spent two hours on roof of Cloverhill today after retrieving drugs
30 Jun 2015
19.8k
49
Prisoners in Irish jails are being forced to sleep on floors
27 May 2015
14.0k
75
New sniffer dogs for Irish jails as gang leaders continue to profit from drugs behind bars
9 May 2015
8.9k
23
Electronic monitoring of prisoners to be introduced
13 Apr 2012
2.8k
39