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# Incarceration

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Opinion: Ireland is tarnished by its use of prisons to house the unwanted and mentally ill
Professor Kathleen Lynch
Michelle Mulherin: 'We need to look at murder sentencing. Our law isn't fit for purpose'
Senator Michelle Mulherin
Opinion: If the USA practises torture, then so could any other country
Kirsten Roberts
From white-collar criminals to murderers: Rare glimpse inside women's prison
Magdalenes hope for an apology after a long fight