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Prison Chaplain Annual Reports 2019

4th January 2021

The Prison Chaplain Annual Reports for 2019 have been published by the Irish Prison Service. Most of these reports cover the 2019 calendar year, with some of the reports covering the period up to March...

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Ebulletin #108

22nd December 2020

Highlights in this edition include: an end of year message on what we have achieved, despite the challenges we have faced; 'save the date' for the launch of PIPS 2020; details of a new project; reflections on the CPT report; update on spent convictions consultation; and some recent publications and media.

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Joint Call to Action to implement the UN Bangkok Rules

10th December 2020

IPRT was one of 83 global civil society organisations that joined the Penal Reform International 'Call to Action' urging governments to implement the UN Bangkok Rules in full.

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List of issues for Ireland’s Fifth Periodic Examination under the ICCPR published

10th December 2020

The UN Human Rights Committee has published its list of issues in relation to the fifth periodic report of Ireland under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

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Parole Board Annual Report 2019

30th November 2020

The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has published the Parole Board Annual Report 2019. As well as standard reporting on the work of the Parole Board in 2019, the report details challenges for the new Parole Board when the Parole Act 2019 comes into operation.

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Invitation to Tender: Access to Rights & Justice for Migrants and Ethnic Minority People in the Penal System

30th November 2020

IPRT is now inviting tenders for the research and production of a report examining the rights and experiences of migrants and ethnic minorities in the penal system in Ireland.

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ACTION ON TREATMENT OF MENTALLY ILL PRISONERS ONE OF THE “MOST PRESSING ISSUES WITHIN IRISH PRISONS” – IPRT

24th November 2020

MEDIA ADVISORY: IPRT response to the publication of the seventh report on Ireland from the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Degrading Treatment (CPT).

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CPT Report 2020: Summary of Critical Issues

24th November 2020

Summary of critical issues detailed in the seventhreport on places of detention in Ireland from the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Degrading Treatment (CPT), which was published today.

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IPRT Submission to Department of Justice Strategy Statement

20th November 2020

IPRT welcomed the opportunity to make a submission to the open consultation on the Department of Justice Strategy Statement.

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Probation recidivism statistics

17th November 2020

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published statistics on three-year reoffending (recidivism) for those sentenced to probation in 2014, in conjunction with one-year reoffending rates for the years 2008-2016.

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