Building Pathways Together: Criminal Justice Reintegration Through Employment Strategy 2025-2027
7th November 2024
On 7 November 2024, the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) attended the launch of the Department of Justice's 'Building Pathways Together’ criminal justice employment strategy.
We were heartened to see many recommendations from IPRT’s ‘The Secondary Punishment’ report (undertaken by Dr Joe Garrihy and Dr Ciara Bracken-Roche of School of Law and Criminology Maynooth University and supported by Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and Open Doors Initiative), reflected in the actions.
The infographic accompanying the new strategy draws on previous research by SOLAS and Irish Penal Reform Trust that demonstrates the appetite amongst many employers to employ people with convictions.
- Dept of Justice strategy Infographic
- IPRT’s 2024 research 'THE SECONDARY PUNISHMENT: A Scoping Study on Employer Attitudes to Hiring People with Criminal Convictions
The establishment of a Criminal Justice Employer Network is a key part of the strategy.
Related items:
- Liberties EU Rule of Law Report 2025
- Irish Times: Overcrowded prisons and breaches of human rights
- The Mick Clifford Podcast, Irish Examiner: Is it time to find an alternative to prison? - Saoirse Brady
- Securing Our Future – Programme for Government 2025+
- Welcome Focus on Community Sanctions in Draft Programme for Government but Inclusion of Prison Expansion Sends Mixed Messages - IPRT
