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# Irish Prisons Service

This year
2024
Works at protected wall on grounds of Arbour Hill paused as specialist architect needed
The renovation was halted after it was discovered the work would need to be supervised by a conservational architect.
Last year
2023
More prisoners on temporary release in attempt to tackle Irish Prison Service overcrowding
All time
Penal Reform Trust to Prison Service: Prisoners deserve an apology along with lawyers
Column: Irish prisoners raising cattle for an African community feel a sense of atonement
Peter Ireton
Majority of criminals re-offend within three years
Prisoners on temporary release will 'pose no risk to public' insists Shatter
Escaped Garda killer arrested by PSNI in Derry
Search continues for Garda killer who escaped from Cavan jail
Cloverhill inmates, staff being screened for tuberculosis
Number in prison to reach highest ever by next year