Irish Penal Reform Trust hosts a number of events throughout the year, including the launches of new publications, consultations, campaign events, and our AGM.
18th April 2024
Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) was delighted to be able to support hosting Corin Morgan-Armstrong to speak about his work at Invisible Walls (Wales) at an event titled 'Family Friendly Criminal Justice: Models and Opportunities for Child Centred Practice'.
21st March 2024
On 20 and 21 March 2024 RESCALED hosted their European Symposium on Detention Houses in Brussels. IPRT Policy and Research Coordinator and Detention House Ambassador for Ireland, Pamela Drumgoole, attended the event alongside other esteemed Irish company.
14th March 2024
Irish Penal Reform Trust and NIACRO held our most recent All-Island Fund event ‘The Criminal Justice System North and South – Current Challenges and Opportunities for Change' in Newry, Co. Down on 14 March 2024.
28th February 2024
Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) held our most recent Prison Law Seminar on the topic of Sentencing: Alternatives to Imprisonment . At a time when overcrowding in prisons is continuously breaking...
8th February 2024
Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) launched a new scoping study exploring the attitudes of employers in Ireland to hiring people with criminal convictions. The report presents the findings from interviews with employers and people with convictions, survey data, and a workshop event.
11th December 2023
IPRT contributed to the high-level international conference hosted by the Office of Inspector of Prisons (OIP) titled The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture: Developing a Criminal Justice National Preventive Mechanism in Ireland.
18th October 2023
MEDIA RELEASE: Today (Wednesday 17 October 2023) politicians marked the ten-year anniversary of the publication of the Report on Penal Reform of 2013 by the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality at an event in the AV room in Leinster House. The event by the All-Party Oireachtas Group on Penal Reform, co-chaired by Labour Deputy Ivana Bacik and Fine Gael Deputy Alan Farrell, and supported by the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) invited legislators to reflect on the implementation of the recommendations of the report as well as areas of progress or regress in the penal landscape.
3rd October 2023
IPRT presented to the Joint Committee on Justice for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill to discuss our submission to the Committee in relation to the Bill on Tuesday 3 October 2023 in a committee room at Leinster House.
20th September 2023
The 2023 Annual General Meeting of IPRT took place on Wednesday 20 September 2023, and the Annual Review 2022 - 2023 was launched.
26th May 2023
The launch of the sixth edition of PIPS took place on Friday 26 May 2023 in the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission offices.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.