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# Penal reforms

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Report on penal reform due today

Rapporteur Senator Ivana Bacik and Chairman David Stanton will publish the report later this morning.

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Mar 27th 2013, 6:30 AM

Ombudsman welcomes decision to end detention of children in St Patrick’s

The decision to end the long-standing practice of housing juvenile offenders in an adult prison has been welcomed.

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Apr 3rd 2012, 9:15 AM