10th February 2011
Executive Director, Liam Herrick talks to Dublin's Talking presenter Lynsey Dolan about the results from the CPT report.
10th February 2011
'The Irish Times' reports on the Ombudsman for Children's report on St.Patrick's Institution which gives accounts of young people's experiences of the prison.
6th February 2011
In the Sunday Mirror, Samuel Hamilton reports on new figures which reveal that almost half of the men held in Irish prisons must use the toilet in front of other prisoners.
3rd February 2011
Writing in the 'Irish Examiner', Jennifer Hough reports that 6,681 people were jailed last year for non-payment of court fines, despite the Fines Act 2010 - legislation which provides alternatives to imprisonment - being signed into law eight months ago. The article reports on IPRT's concerns at "soaring numbers" continuing to be jailed for failure to pay fines.
3rd February 2011
'The Irish Times' reports on IPRT's calls on an incoming government to commit to enacting legislation ensuring that the practice of imprisoning people for non-payment of fines is brought to an end, and to ensure the full operation of the Fines Act.
14th January 2011
Marsha Levick of the Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, talks to RTÉ's Pat Kenny about her inspirational work challenging the treatment of children in the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems across the United States.
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.
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.
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.
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."
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.