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Lack of detention facilities for children questioned by Children's Court Judge 12th May 2013

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs was questioned by Ms Justice Ann Ryan, Dublin Children's Court, regarding the lack of detention facilities for children. Read more

IPRT Recruitment: Research and Policy Officer (Maternity Leave) 10th May 2013

Applications are invited for the post of Research and Policy Officer (Maternity Leave) with the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT). Read more

Irish Examiner: Ireland tops EU table for prisoner release 8th May 2013

A Council of Europe Penal Statistics Survey (SPACE I) of over 50 countries reveals Ireland to have one of the highest committal and release rates in Europe, reports Cormac O’Keeffe in the Irish Examiner. Read more

Radical action needed to address stubbornly high prison numbers and meet basic duty of providing safe custody for all prisoners – IPRT 8th May 2013

MEDIA ADVISORY: IPRT calls on the Minister for Justice to take radical steps to reduce prison numbers in the short term, such as commuting all sentences of under six months, increasing standard remission to 33%, and introducing an amnesty for fines. Read more

Prison Visiting Committee Annual Reports 2012: Castlerea, Cloverhill, Dóchas 7th May 2013

The 2012 annual reports of the Prison Visiting Committees for Castlerea, Cloverhill and The Dóchas Centre. Read more

IPRT Prize for academic excellence on the DIT MA in Criminology 1st May 2013

IPRT is delighted to announce that Ms Judy McAvoy was awarded the 2013 IPRT prize, for her thesis entitled 'Birds of a Feather? Irish Public Attitudes towards Sex Crime and Sex Offender Reintegration. Is there a Publically Perceived Scale of Sexual Deviance?' Read more

2012 sees first decrease in prison committals since 2007, according to media report 8th April 2013

Writing in The Irish Times, Conor Lally reports that the number of prison committals fell in 2012, the first time there has been a decrease since 2007. Read more

Roundup: Reactions to Justice Committee Report on Penal Reform 28th March 2013

Media coverage of the 'Report on Penal Reform' published by the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on 27th March 2013. IPRT welcomed the report, and called for Government action on all recommendations. Read more

Political consensus on ‘decarceration strategy’ clears the way for real reform of Ireland’s penal system - IPRT 27th March 2013

MEDIA ADVISORY: The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has today called on Government to adopt the ‘decarceration strategy’ recommended by the cross-party Sub-Committee on Penal Reform, which would see the prison population reduced by one-third over a ten-year period. Read more

44 young offenders on 23-hour lock up in St. Patrick’s Institution 26th March 2013

Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter TD, has disclosed that 44 young offenders, including two 17 year old boys, are locked up 23 hours a day in St. Patrick's Institution. Read more

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