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.
15th June 2020
IPRT outlines some of the key stats in Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2019 and how they compare to 2018.
24th June 2019
IPRT outlines some of the key stats in the Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2018 and how they compare to 2017.
17th June 2019
The Probation Service Annual Report 2018 was published by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, on the 17th of June, 2019.
10th May 2019
The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has published the Census of Restricted Regimes for April 2019.
10th May 2019
The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has recently published its quarterly statistical analysis cell occupancy and in-cell sanitation for April 2019.
11th March 2019
IPRT notes the publication of the 2017 annual reports from the Visiting Committees for each of Ireland's prisons.
21st February 2019
The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has published the Census of Restricted Regimes for January 2019.
21st February 2019
The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has recently published its quarterly statistical analysis cell occupancy and in-cell sanitation for January 2019.
20th February 2019
The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has recently published its quarterly statistical analysis cell occupancy and in-cell sanitation for October 2018.
20th February 2019
The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has published the Census of Restricted Regimes for October 2019.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.