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IPRT in the News

Irish Times: U.S. juvenile justice programme has valuable lessons for Ireland

20th December 2010

In today's Irish Times, Marsha Levick and Ursula Kilkelly write on how strategic litigation combined with academic research has helped advance the rights of children.

Irish Examiner: 20% of juvenile inmates locked up 23 hours a day

13th December 2010

More than a fifth of inmates in the country’s sole prison for young offenders are locked up in their cells for 23 hours a day, writes Cormac O'Keeffe in the Irish Examiner.

Irish Examiner: 'Youth justice to suffer swingeing cuts'

8th December 2010

Cormac O’Keefe, writing in the Irish Examiner, details the impact of the budget cuts on the Department of Justice and its associated services.

Irish Times: 'Crisis freeing us up to finally pursue coherent crime policy'

15th November 2010

Writing in 'The Irish Times', columnist Breda O'Brien takes a look at Irish penal policy (or, indeed, the lack of), and how "expanding jails instead of tackling social problems was a typical Celtic Tiger response."

RTÉ Six One News: Surge in Irish prison population

22nd October 2010

RTÉ Six One News reports on the "highly critical report on conditions in many of the Ireland's 14 prisons", including an interview with IPRT Executive Director, Liam Herrick.

Irish Examiner: Petty criminals set to be kept out of prison

19th October 2010

Judges will soon be forced to consider imposing community service as an alternative to prison sentences under new Government plans, writes Cormac O'Keeffe.

Evening Herald: Jail overcrowding could end in death

15th October 2010

Charlie Mallon reports on the riot in Mountjoy which saw three officers hospitalised, quoting Executive Director of IPRT, Liam Herrick on how overcrowding contributed to the situation.

Morning Ireland: Disturbances at Mountjoy Prison

15th October 2010

IPRT's Liam Herrick talked to Áine Lawlor about how overcrowding has made trouble in Mountjoy Prison inevitable.

Newstalk FM: the Irish Prison System

5th October 2010

IPRT's Liam Herrick talked to Newstalk FM's 'Breakfast Show' for an extended item on Irish prisons in general. Other contributors included Kevin Myers and Gerry O'Carroll, along with a former prisoner.

Irish Times: Mountjoy accounts for 45% of all drug seizures in Irish jails

4th October 2010

There have been almost as many drug seizures in Mountjoy Prison over the past two years as the rest of the jails in the Republic combined. This is despite a so-called drug-free regime operating in the Dublin jail.

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