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# Prison

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Man jailed for 13 years for "religiously offensive" Facebook post
Prisoners can vote - so why don't they?
Here's what these teens would change to make Ireland a better place
Barack Obama is really trying to close Guantanamo Bay prison
After years in solitary confinement, an innocent woman struggles to get on with her life
Spanish councillor faces year in prison for 2011 topless protest
Former army private jailed for six years for attempted rape at his home
'They think you are a poof and they prey on you'
Student jailed for 11 months for wrecking holiday home on St Patrick's Day
These are the countries that imprison the most foreigners
The man behind the 1985 bombing of a 747 off Cork has left prison
Search continues for inmates who made 'sophisticated' and daring prison escape
Man who cut off businessman's penis among three to escape maximum-security prison
Crisis averted as Iran releases 10 US sailors found in territorial waters
When life means life: 'All I went for was a few bob. I hadn't it in mind at all to kill her'
Two men charged over prisoner's violent escape from Tallaght Hospital
British man detained in Kyrgyzstan after comparing local delicacy to a horse penis
Governor warned of potential 'bloodbath' among IRA prisoners if rubber bullets were removed
HIV-positive man gets prison sentence for having unprotected sex with 3 women
No charges in controversial jailhouse death of black woman
Man who should have been in prison when murdering his ex-girlfriend's partner given life sentence
Well known restaurateur has sentence for importing €79k worth of cannabis reduced
Kerry man convicted of intimidating sex worker to be held in prison over Christmas
Clare Daly won't pay her fine and is willing to breach security again at Shannon
Inmate who destroyed prison cell sentenced to eight months
'I'm absolutely not going to pay it' - Mick Wallace defiant on release from prison
Man who kept Irish woman and two others as 'slaves' found guilty of false imprisonment and rape
Watch a man released from prison after 44 years react to today's world
Police officer who shot teen 16 times charged with murder
Footage shows prisoners attacking prison officer with brush handle
Convicted spy released from prison after 30 years
84% of sex offenders released this year haven't completed treatment programmes
Man on death row barred from having a six-pack of beer with his last meal
Woman who broke DART passenger's eye-socket spared jail at victim's request
Gangs, drugs and violence: Documentary looks into life in Mountjoy Prison
Prison officers admit they don't know what to do with prison gangs
Watch: Helmet cam footage of US Delta Force raid on Islamic State prison
Nurse jailed for raping 27 elderly patients
Mass murderer Breivik vows to go on hunger strike "until death"
Questions raised after prisoner died after being released from prison