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.
8th May 2018
A report examining the sentence management of life-sentenced prisoners has been published by the Irish Prison Service.
27th April 2018
Both the January and April Censuses of restricted regimes were published today. The delay in publication of the January report is due to errors in the collection of data.
27th April 2018
An error in the collection of data in Mountjoy Prison resulted in a delay of 3 months in the publication of census reports.
6th April 2018
The Office of the Inspector of Prisons has published a number of reports into deaths occurring in prison custody in 2017.
16th March 2018
The Fifth Report of the Implementation Oversight Group has been published by the Department of Justice and Equality.
17th January 2018
The Irish Penal Reform Trust notes the publication of 14 reports from the visiting committees for each of Ireland’s prisons.
27th November 2017
The October 2017 Census shows an increase in the total number of prisoners on restricted regimes.
23rd November 2017
The seventh Annual Report provided by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons to the Minister for Justice and Equality has been published.
10th November 2017
The 'Fourth Report of the Implementation Oversight Group' has been published by the Department of Justice and Equality.
2nd September 2017
Although there has been an increase in the numbers on restricted regimes since the Census of Restricted Regime Prisoners July 2013, there has been a significant decrease, of 95%, on the number of prisoners on 22-/23-hour lock up.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.