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.
30th May 2023
On 31 May 2023, an Office of the Inspector of Prisons Death in Custody Investigation Reports was published by the Department of Justice and Equality. The report is related to a death that occurred on 15 January 2022.
11th May 2023
Irish Penal Reform Trust notes the publication on 11 May 2023 by the Department of Justice and the Department of Health of the Health Needs Assessment (HNA) for the Irish Prison Service.
1st May 2023
The Prison Chaplain Annual Reports for 2021 have been published by the Irish Prison Service in May 2023. All of these reports relate to the 2021 calendar year.
29th March 2023
Details of the Prison Population Census January 2023 reports on restricted regimes and cell occupancy and in-cell sanitation released by the Irish Prison Service.
2nd March 2022
IPRT is increasingly concerned about the high number of people being held on restricted regimes, as well as the staggering number of people on 24-hour lock-up.
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 recently published its quarterly statistical analysis cell occupancy and in-cell sanitation for April 2019.
10th May 2019
The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has published the Census of Restricted Regimes for April 2019.
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