Prisons today Alternative sentences for most prisoners? Podcast Interview on Near FM with Saoirse Brady
11th September 2025
Saoirse Brady talks to Darren J. Prior of Near FM about the state of our prison system in Ireland today and the need for alternatives to imprisonment. The majority of prisoners are sentenced to no more than 1 year in prison for individual sentences - and how a positive society in general is needed to end crime and tackle the many connected issue of addictions.
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- Lack of clarity over budget funding for addiction and mental health supports in prisons
- IPRT presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on Pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme: Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025
- Children's Ombudsman calls to extend youth justice sanctions to adults under 24
- Niamh McCormack spoke to Angela Noone-Faull of CRCfm in Mayo on The Chatroom,
- Prison overcrowding crisis has deepened further this year
