Reports on Irish prisons are gathered in this section, along with prison standards and other relevant reports.
Inspection reports of the Children Detention Schools, which are carried out by HIQA, are available in the youth justice section.
For reports on Irish prisons carried out by international monitoring bodies (CPT, UN CAT, etc.) please see Human Rights reports.
The seventh Annual Report provided by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons to the Minister for Justice and Equality has been published. Read more
The 'Fourth Report of the Implementation Oversight Group' has been published by the Department of Justice and Equality. Read more
Although there has been an increase in the numbers on restricted regimes since the Census of Restricted Regime Prisoners July 2013, there has been a significant decrease, of 95%, on the number of prisoners on 22-/23-hour lock up. Read more
On 29th June 2017, Minister for Justice and Equality, Charles Flanagan TD, introduced an amendment to Rule 27 (1) of the Prison Rules 2007 to 2017. Read more
A number of reports on investigations into deaths occurring in prison custody in 2016 have recently been published by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons. Read more
This report includes information on the numbers of usable cells in each institution, the number of cells that accommodated one, two, three and four or more prisoners, prisoners without access to in-cell sanitation and prisoner who were required to use toilet facilities in the presence of others. Read more
The figures released for April 2017 have shown an upwards trend in most sectors of the report when analysed against figures in the past year. The following figures illustrate the current and past figures for those on restricted regimes. Read more
The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has released its 2016 Annual Report. The report features statistics relating to the profile of the prison population in Ireland. Read more
The Probation Service Annual Report for 2016 has been published. Following on from the recommendation of the Strategic Review of Penal Policy (2014), in 2016 the Probation Service introduced on a pilot basis an integrated model of Community Service. Integrated Community Service allows for up to one third of Community… Read more
The Probation Service in conjunction with the Department of Justice and Equality and the Irish Prison Service launched their strategy on social enterprise that will engage people with convictions in sustainable employment. Read more
