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Prison

All time
Prison
Woman becomes first confirmed Covid-19 case in Irish prison system
22 Aug 2020
40.3k
28
Covid-19
Fifty-five prisoners granted temporary release since start of March re-arrested
24 Jun 2020
26.8k
30
Infection Control
'Everyone had to play their part': How Ireland kept Covid-19 out of its prisons
10 Jun 2020
17.4k
24
Lima
Nine killed in Peru prison protest against overcrowded conditions during pandemic
28 Apr 2020
13.3k
4
Iran
'An agonising wait': Decision on Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release from prison delayed again
19 Apr 2020
20.5k
14
weinstein
Harvey Weinstein transferred to maximum-security prison in upstate New York
19 Mar 2020
21.8k
25
Prison
Alcohol-free hand sanitiser given to prisoners over fears it would be used for 'moonshine'
16 Mar 2020
31.0k
37
Dublin
Prisoners removed after spending night on roof of Mountjoy
24 Dec 2019
24.8k
39
Annual Report
Inspector of Prisons was refused entry to facility by officer who 'appeared to be intoxicated'
16 Dec 2019
44.2k
43
Cloverhill Prison
Man arrested after fellow inmate found strangled to death in Cloverhill Prison
24 Nov 2019
20.9k
Investigation
Man dies at Cloverhill Prison after incident involving another prisoner
23 Nov 2019
40.7k
17
richard huckle
One of Britain’s worst paedophiles stabbed to death in prison
14 Oct 2019
49.2k
63
A Rugby Life
'Some of the generals wanted me executed and that sort of craic'
13 Oct 2019
42.6k
12
Prison
Isis views Ireland as 'somewhere to fundraise rather than attack'
2 Oct 2019
26.9k
52
Lawsuit
US woman left to give birth alone in jail cell sues city of Denver
31 Aug 2019
30.8k
maria miller
Woman who held pensioner as slave and forced her to sleep in outhouse jailed in England
30 Aug 2019
57.3k
28
epstein
Jeffrey Epstein signed a will two days before his suicide
20 Aug 2019
37.6k
26
Released
Convicted child sex offender Tom Humphries released from Midlands Prison
16 Aug 2019
64.2k
121
New York
Two prison guards put on leave after Jeffrey Epstein's death
13 Aug 2019
31.3k
9
Clauvino da Silva
Brazilian prisoner who tried to escape disguised as daughter found dead in his cell
6 Aug 2019
71.2k
23
opposition leader
Putin-critic Alexei Navalny sent back to prison after suspicious 'allergic reaction'
Updated 29 Jul 2019
28.3k
66
Cloverhill
'He could have lost his eye': Prison officer injured in assault by inmate at Cloverhill
26 Jul 2019
15.8k
10
Joaquin Guzman
Drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman sentenced to life in US prison
17 Jul 2019
20.3k
25
probation service
Over 355,000 hours of community service work carried out by offenders last year
17 Jun 2019
6.0k
11
Wisconsin
Wisconsin man sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping 13-year-old and killing her parents
25 May 2019
16.0k
31
Freed
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning released from US prison
10 May 2019
34.2k
47
Prison
'The danger is unquantifiable': Prison officers say there are 28 gang factions in Mountjoy alone
2 May 2019
22.9k
41
Criminal
Prisoners sleeping on floors as overcrowding a 'serious issue,' prison officers warn
2 May 2019
16.6k
60
Paul Johnston
Escaped murderer extradited from Republic to Northern Ireland
29 Mar 2019
11.5k
Fire
Investigation launched following fire at Midlands Prison
12 Mar 2019
13.2k
3
michael chiolo
'Radicalised' inmate shot and detained after slashing guards in French prison attack
6 Mar 2019
12.3k
2
prison education
Trainee solicitors are going into prisons to teach prisoners about the law
23 Feb 2019
16.2k
31
Prison Service
'Mind-boggling': Department can't say whether payments to firm were for surveillance of prison staff
15 Feb 2019
17.3k
19
Óglaigh na hÉireann
Bomb disposal, prison security, peacekeeping - The work of the Irish Defence Forces in 2018
28 Dec 2018
12.5k
7
Birmingham
Couple who named their son after Hitler sentenced to prison for membership of banned right-wing group
18 Dec 2018
44.5k
42
violence reduction
Inside the new Violence Reduction Unit at the Midlands Prison - designed for the nation's most violent criminals
9 Nov 2018
22.9k
45
Tramore
Man (37) who killed nephew's friend sentenced to 9 years in prison
18 Oct 2018
23.9k
16
Anfield
Man accused of attacking Sean Cox tells court he 'made friends' with Liverpool fans in prison
15 Oct 2018
16.6k
Mental Health
Men account for eight in 10 suicides in Ireland
4 Oct 2018
38.3k
94
kinahan hutch feud
Freddie Thompson moved to protective custody after row with another killer
19 Sep 2018
77.6k
39
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