Prison Reports
Reports on Irish prisons are gathered in this section, along with prison standards and other relevant reports.
Inspection reports of the Children Detention Schools, which are carried out by HIQA, are available in the youth justice section.
For reports on Irish prisons carried out by international monitoring bodies (CPT, UN CAT, etc.) please see Human Rights reports.
Office of the Inspector of Prisons Annual Report 2023 published
28th February 2025
On 28 February 2025, the Minister of Justice Jim O' Callaghan published the Office of the Inspector of Prisons Annual Report 2023. The report was submitted to the Department of Justice on the 29 March 2024 of the previous year, almost a year before it was published.
Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2023
13th December 2024
The Irish Prison Service has published the Irish Prison Service (IPS) Annual Report 2023.
Probation Service Annual Report 2023
24th October 2024
The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee published the Probation Service Annual Report 2023 on 24 October 2024.
Parole Board's Annual Report 2023 published
14th October 2024
The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) welcomes the publication of the Parole Board's Annual Report 2023 which was published on the afternoon of Friday 11 October 2024. This is the second Annual Report the Board has published since becoming a statutory body and the first that includes a full year of decision making on applications.
Self-Harm in Irish Prisons 2020/2021 Report
13th September 2024
The Irish Prison Service has published Self-harm in Irish Prisons – Fourth report from the Self-Harm Assessment and Data Analysis (SADA) Project (2020-2021). The report includes data on recorded episodes of self-harm that occurred in prison during the years 2020 and 2021.
Visiting Committee Annual Reports 2022
30th August 2024
Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) responds to the publication by the Department of Justice of the 2022 Annual Reports from the Visiting Committees for each of Ireland’s prisons.
IPRT statement on Death in Custody Investigation Report published for a death occurring on 14 March 2024
23rd July 2024
The Office of the Inspector of Prisons’ (OIP) investigation report into the death of Mr K 2024 in Cork Prison on 14 March 2024 was published by the Department of Justice on 19 July 2024.
HIQA Inspection Report on Oberstown Children Detention Campus (2023)
21st February 2024
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has published an inspection report on Oberstown Children Detention Campus for an inspection that took place across three days between 12 and 14 September 2023.
Death in Custody Investigation Report published for a death occurring on 2 October 2021
26th January 2024
On 26 January 2024, an Office of the Inspector of Prisons Death in Custody Investigation Report was published by the Department of Justice and Equality. The report is related to a death that occurred on 2 October 2021 while the individual (Mr. G, 2021) was in custody at Cork Prison.
Prison Census Reports July 2023
23rd October 2023
IPRT welcome the publication of the July 2023 Prison Population Census reports on restricted regimes and cell occupancy and in-cell sanitation , which were published by the Irish Prison Service...
