The Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CCJHR) at UCC recently concluded its Second Annual Course on Citizenship and the Law in Cork Prison. Thirteen inmates completed the short course, delivered by staff of the Law Faculty over a six week period in May/June 2009. Read more
IPRT welcomes the publication of the 'Standards for the Inspection of Prisons in Ireland'; this forms an important step towards the creation of a uniform inspection regime of prison conditions, and guidance for the management of prisons. Read more
The Irish Youth Justice Service (IYJS) has published a new report ‘Designing Effective Local Responses to Youth Crime: A baseline analysis of the Garda Youth Diversion Projects’. Read more
Opposition to the Government’s latest criminal justice legislative proposals continues to grow. Read more
FLAC recently published a new report which proposes far-reaching changes in how the justice system treats debtors. Read more
Thornton Hall to go ahead despite overwhelming evidence that ‘super-prisons’ do not work. Read more
Ireland must make a political and social choice regarding the numbers we want to send to prison - this was the message conveyed at the Open Forum event hosted by IPRT on 18th June 2009... Read more
IPRT today welcomed the publication of “Children and Juvenile Justice: Proposals for Improvements” by Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights. Read more
IPRT welcomes the High Court ruling upholding a constitutional challenge regarding imprisonment of individuals unable to pay their debts. Read more
IPRT Executive Director, Liam Herrick, comments on the Minister's response to overcrowding in Mountjoy Prison... Read more
