Law Society Gazette: Dóchas report ‘leaves questions unanswered’
29th January 2024
On 29 January, the Law Society Gazette reported on IPRT's response to the publication by the Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee of the Office of the Inspector of Prisons (OIP) Inspection Report Oversight Monitoring Visit During COVID-19 Pandemic Mountjoy Female Prison (Dóchas Centre) 2020 and supporting Action Plan.
The piece covers the concerns of the women in prison in making complaints, issues of overcrowding, delays in the publication of the subsequent reports at the prison, and the need for relevant legislation for the proposed Inspectorate of Places of Detention to publish its own reports in the future so they can be published without delay.
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