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# Irish Prison Service

This month
April 2024
Funding secured to provide space for up to 670 additional prisoners
3 Apr
8.4k
29
Last month
March 2024
Investigations underway into death of prisoner at Mountjoy Prison
Updated 6 Mar
16.7k
This year
2024
GSOC finds 'no misconduct' by gardaí in case of man who died in court holding cell
6 Feb
12.3k
Last year
2023
‘Children don’t deserve this’: Visiting an imprisoned parent is ‘traumatising’
30 Nov 2023
10.7k
‘A long way from normal’: Families say visits to prison still restricted post-pandemic
Some children only get to see their parent in-person once a month and experts are concerned that video calls are replacing visits.
Investigation by Noteworthy finds the number of children visiting prison is 75% of what it was in 2019
Less than a third of prisoners received in-person visits on weeks where data was provided in 2023
Mother-of-two: “I want my kids to know who their father is”
29 Nov 2023
12.9k
CCTV captured alleged assault of a prisoner by prison officer
17 Nov 2023
30.6k
More prisoners on temporary release in attempt to tackle Irish Prison Service overcrowding
7 Nov 2023
11.2k
Multiple prison staff investigated for allegedly using company fuel cards to top up their own cars
28 Sep 2023
40.4k
Mountjoy's female prisoners without specialised rape counselling since last August
25 May 2023
12.0k
16
Prison officer stabbed in face during attempted escape by inmate from Mountjoy
8 May 2023
30.8k
Minister says policy on transgender prisoners 'will be informed by best international practice'
22 Mar 2023
10.0k
5
Irish Penal Reform Trust express 'grave concern' as bed capacity reaches 100% across prison estate
Updated 3 Feb 2023
10.3k
19
Prison staff knew Cork man was suffering 'delusions' prior to fatal suicide attempt
31 Jan 2023
39.9k
4
All time
Blind Justice: How prison is leaving Travellers isolated and traumatised
31 Oct 2022
24.7k
Mountjoy inmate who was injured after attack by group of prisoners has died
Updated 3 Aug 2022
72.4k
Garda appeal in prison van ramming incident as gang flees in Northern-registered vehicle
Updated 16 Jun 2022
46.5k
Man accused of murdering his wife and children found dead in prison
9 Jun 2022
63.4k
Irish Prison Service to launch major review of how psychologists deal with sex offenders
20 May 2022
30.7k
14
Prison officers call for pay rise as prison service to break away from Department of Justice
27 Apr 2022
19.3k
7
Irish Prison Service cancels in person visits to inmates in all jails in response to Covid-19
7 Jan 2022
17.0k
Prison watchdog: Cork inmates afraid to talk to inspectors for fear of reprisal by authorities
21 Dec 2021
12.9k
20
Prison service facing 'unprecedented challenge' as it manages three Covid-19 outbreaks
18 Nov 2021
10.4k
9
Irish Prison Service 'aware' of TikTok video claiming to be filmed in Mountjoy Prison
5 Jul 2021
50.6k
1,200 inmates receive Covid vaccines as wider roll-out to prisons begins
16 Jun 2021
10.6k
25
Some prisoners had no access to a shower for 14 days while quarantining
11 Jun 2021
25.8k
61
HSE confirms prison nurses will be vaccinated as frontline healthcare workers - but timeline remains unclear
16 Jan 2021
13.1k
19
Woman becomes first confirmed Covid-19 case in Irish prison system
22 Aug 2020
40.2k
28
Visiting restrictions relaxed further for prisoners - except at Portlaoise and Midlands prisons
17 Aug 2020
11.7k
6
Fifty-five prisoners granted temporary release since start of March re-arrested
24 Jun 2020
26.8k
30
Prison visits to resume across two phases
23 Jun 2020
13.6k
33
Number of people jailed for not paying court-ordered fines almost doubled in 2019
15 Jun 2020
12.7k
25
'Everyone had to play their part': How Ireland kept Covid-19 out of its prisons
10 Jun 2020
17.3k
24
Prison Service now has temperature checks at the entrances to all prisons
31 Mar 2020
14.6k
15
Alcohol-free hand sanitiser given to prisoners over fears it would be used for 'moonshine'
16 Mar 2020
30.8k
37
Coronavirus: Talks underway to reduce number of people in prison in a 'controlled manner'
13 Mar 2020
49.1k
103
Irish Prison Service set to spend €1.3 million on inmate clothing
10 Mar 2020
22.7k
31
'They don’t even have the capacity to keep everyone in single cells': Concerns over potential Covid-19 spread in prisons
5 Mar 2020
29.6k
49
Central Mental Hospital is at full capacity, prisoners with severe conditions wait 120 days for transfer
25 Oct 2019
17.5k
18
Investigation launched after prisoner escapes custody while attending University Hospital Limerick
24 Oct 2019
20.5k
27
Irish prison strategy aims to tackle threat of drones but overcrowding remains major challenge
20 Sep 2019
9.4k
23
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