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# Prison

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US prisoner Tommy Arthur executed in Alabama after three decade legal battle
Rolf Harris to be released from prison tomorrow
Experts say fewer young men in Ireland could be a factor in declining prison numbers
Chalice given back to Spike Island after 134 years in Dublin
Prisoner dehydration death erupts into US scandal
Arkansas struggling to get more lethal injection drugs
Security systems installed in homes of Mountjoy prison officers following death threats
'Staff who have been seriously assaulted cannot get a conviction': Prison officers call for more support
Inmate who escaped from open prison in 2015 returned to custody
Man accused of killing Gareth Hutch stabbed in Mountjoy
Child offenders will no longer be detained in adult prisons
US state plans to put eight men to death over 10-day period
Irish MEP: 'Time for Ireland to take legal challenge against Egypt'
'His spirit is finally broken': MEP claims Ibrahim Halawa is 'being kept alive by glucose injections'
Out of prison and then back in: This unique US programme aims to break the cycle
Brazilian football club criticised for signing player who had his girlfriend murdered
It costs the State €2,773.38 to detain one juvenile prisoner per day in Ireland
Extremist who called Jewish people 'subhuman animals' jailed in London
Man sentenced to nine years for his part in killing of man over pedigree chihuahua
Inmates in Irish prisons will soon have access to e-cigarettes
Four days after being beaten to death in his cell, 69-year-old has rape conviction overturned
Prisoner parenting course aims to prevent mothers and fathers from reoffending
26 dead as gangs behead inmates in Brazilian prison massacre
'We left Ibrahim with a promise we would do everything to bring him home'
Obama 'considering reducing Chelsea Manning's prison sentence'
Norwegian mass murderer makes Nazi salute as court reviews 'inhumane' prison regime
US prisons fight heroin addiction with $1,000 monthly injection
60 killed in Brazil prison riot with many beheaded and guards held hostage while inmates escaped
Mountjoy prisoners segregated in 1986 after 20% diagnosed with Aids antibodies
Over half of prisoners are in some form of training
'One of the most vulnerable groups of emigrants' - 45 Irish people jailed abroad in 2016
60 inmates take over part of jail in Kent
Laois man who raped and brutally beat his wife jailed for five years
'If you are in favour of human rights, you must want them for everyone - including prisoners'
Ireland's 'most dangerous' inmate had ear bitten and torn by Mountjoy prison officer
Crackdown on outstanding warrants results in 50 arrests
Prisoner seriously injured and hospitalised after stabbing at Mountjoy
Two prisoners escape from London prison
Philippine mayor on president's drug list shot dead in jail
Eight men jailed for combined 96 years for child sexual exploitation of three girls