# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 25 June, 2014
# Special Delivery
# Special Delivery
One of the prisoners is believed to have swallowed some of the packages contained in the helicopter drone.
# irish-prison-service - Sunday 25 May, 2014
# Cutbacks
# Cutbacks
A former prisoner, who went from drug dealer to master’s student, has called for more funding for education in prisons. He admitted it will be “a hard sell”.
# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 21 May, 2014
# Irish Prison Service
# Irish Prison Service
A further 261 are held in solitary confinement, some for 23 hours a day.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 8 May, 2014
# Irish Prison Service
# Irish Prison Service
The Prison Officers Association has noted that the majority of complaints are not upheld.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 1 May, 2014
# Gary Douch
# Gary Douch
A report into Douch’s death was published today and outlined systemic failures in the management of the man who killed him.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 3 April, 2014
# Gardagate
# Gardagate
Meanwhile, the Public Accounts Committee has agreed to seek all relevant information about the procurement of recording equipment by both the gardaí and the Irish Prison Service .
# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 2 April, 2014
# Prisons
# Prisons
The Prison Service believes that another 1,000 calls relate to prisoners who are no longer in custody.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 1 April, 2014
# Prisongate
# Prisongate
New revelations about recordings have been disclosed by the Taoiseach in the Dáil today.
# Take 5
# Take 5
Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
# irish-prison-service - Monday 10 February, 2014
# Prison Break
# Prison Break
The Irish Prison Service is in charge of prisoners, but if they abscond gardaí are informed.
# irish-prison-service - Monday 16 December, 2013
# Equality Tribunal
# Equality Tribunal
The three cases were taken to the Equality Tribunal on gender discrimination grounds.
# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 11 December, 2013
# Human Rights
# Human Rights
The Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter, welcomed the training course at the Irish Prison Service College in Portlaoise.
# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 16 October, 2013
# Officer Naughty
From The Daily Edge
# Officer Naughty
Prisoner Cell Block HOT!
# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 4 September, 2013
# Prison Van
# Prison Van
The vehicle with one female prisoner inside was on its way to Galway District Court from Dublin.
# irish-prison-service - Friday 30 August, 2013
# Mountjoy
# Mountjoy
The prisoner was found unconscious in his cell late last night and was pronounced dead at the Mater Hospital.
# irish-prison-service - Sunday 14 July, 2013
# Cyber Criminals
# Cyber Criminals
Alan Shatter says there’s no way that prisoners will be given open access to the internet – but they may be able to use it for educational resources.
# irish-prison-service - Saturday 13 July, 2013
# Sentencing
# Sentencing
Just 17 women out of a total of 966 people, are serving sentences of more than seven years, mostly at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin.
# irish-prison-service - Saturday 6 July, 2013
# Young Offenders
# Young Offenders
After visiting Wheatfield, the Children’s Ombdusman Emily Logan said she felt reassured about the move.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
# Courts
# Courts
John Dundon is due before the Special Criminal Court today charged in connection with the 2008 murder of rugby player Shane Geoghegan.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 3 January, 2013
# Sean Quinn
# Sean Quinn
The bankrupt Cavan businessman, formerly Ireland’s richest man, has completed a nine-week sentence.
# irish-prison-service - Friday 21 December, 2012
# Sean Quinn
# Sean Quinn
The decision was taken following talks between the Attorney General, the Prison Service and the Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 7 August, 2012
# Take 5
# Take 5
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# Prisons
# Prisons
The cost of detaining a prisoner in Irish jails fell last year – but to what?
# irish-prison-service - Monday 16 July, 2012
# Roscommon
# Roscommon
Authorities at Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon discovered that the two men, both in their 20s, were unaccounted for this morning.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 22 May, 2012
# Young Offenders
# Young Offenders
The Inspector of Prisons is undertaking a “far reaching” inquiry into the institution, where 16 and 17-year-olds are held.
# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 2 May, 2012
# Early Release
# Early Release
Minister says he doesn’t foresee any difficulties managing new programme with current probation staff levels.
# irish-prison-service - Monday 30 April, 2012
# Prisons
# Prisons
However, the number of prison staff has actually fallen over the last five years.
# irish-prison-service - Saturday 21 April, 2012
# Escape
# Escape
One prisoner absconded in 2004 while another escaped in 2010.
# irish-prison-service - Friday 20 April, 2012
# Prison Deaths
# Prison Deaths
The inspector of prisons will investigate the death of every person in the custody of the Irish Prison Service .
# irish-prison-service - Friday 13 April, 2012
# Take 5
# Take 5
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…
# irish-prison-service - Sunday 8 April, 2012
# Prisons
# Prisons
The Minister for Justice has said the planned temporary release of certain prisoners helps the “gradual reintegration” of criminals into society.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 5 April, 2012
# Prison
# Prison
The inmate was found unconscious in his cell by prison officers
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 29 March, 2012
# Your Say
# Your Say
There are 19 inmates on the run from open prisons in Ireland. Only 6 per cent of our total prison population is in an open centre. Do we need them at all? You decide…
# Jail Break
# Jail Break
Joint Oireachtas Committee hears that there are 19 prisoners unlawfully at large – one for 17 years.
# Prisons
# Prisons
Damien McCarthy condemned the reasoning behind the transfer of a convicted garda killer to a low-security prison – saying that lax adherence to established standards was resulting in a risk to public safety.
# Prisons
# Prisons
More details have emerged in the case of Martin McDermott, who was serving time for the manslaughter of a garda when he escaped from a Cavan prison earlier this month.
# irish-prison-service - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
# Prison Conditions
# Prison Conditions
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter says that building a new prison facility in Cork could comprehensively tackle overcrowding and the ongoing practice of ‘slopping out’.
# irish-prison-service - Thursday 5 January, 2012
# Prisons
# Prisons
Gardaí have been notified after the two inmates failed to return to their institutions.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 6 September, 2011
# Escaped
# Escaped
The 25-year-old escaped while in the custody of two prison officers at Mid-Western Regional Hospital last week.
# irish-prison-service - Tuesday 30 August, 2011
# Escaped
# Escaped
The man absconded from custody while being treated at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick yesterday.
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