Irish Penal Reform Trust

Events

Irish Penal Reform Trust hosts a number of events throughout the year, including the launches of new publications, consultations, campaign events, and our AGM.

The Criminal Justice System North and South – Current Challenges and Opportunities for Change

14th March 2024

Irish Penal Reform Trust and NIACRO held our most recent All-Island Fund event ‘The Criminal Justice System North and South – Current Challenges and Opportunities for Change' in Newry, Co. Down on 14 March 2024.

Round-up: Prison Law Seminar: Sentencing - Alternatives to Imprisonment

28th February 2024

Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT)  held our most recent Prison Law Seminar on the topic of  Sentencing: Alternatives to Imprisonment . At a time when overcrowding in prisons is continuously breaking...

Round-up: "The Secondary Punishment”: A Scoping Study on Employer Attitudes to Hiring People with Criminal Convictions

8th February 2024

Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) launched a new scoping study exploring the attitudes of employers in Ireland to hiring people with criminal convictions. The report presents the findings from interviews with employers and people with convictions, survey data, and a workshop event. 

OIP conference: The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture: Developing a Criminal Justice National Preventive Mechanism in Ireland

11th December 2023

IPRT contributed to the high-level international conference hosted by the Office of Inspector of Prisons (OIP) titled The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture: Developing a Criminal Justice National Preventive Mechanism in Ireland. 

All-Party Group marks Ten Years Since Landmark Penal Reform Report

18th October 2023

MEDIA RELEASE: Today (Wednesday 17 October 2023) politicians marked the ten-year anniversary of the publication of the Report on Penal Reform of 2013 by the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality at an event in the AV room in Leinster House. The event by the All-Party Oireachtas Group on Penal Reform, co-chaired by Labour Deputy Ivana Bacik and Fine Gael Deputy Alan Farrell, and supported by the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) invited legislators to reflect on the implementation of the recommendations of the report as well as areas of progress or regress in the penal landscape.

IPRT presents to the Joint Committee on Justice for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill

3rd October 2023

IPRT presented to the Joint Committee on Justice for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill to discuss our submission to the Committee in relation to the Bill on Tuesday 3 October 2023 in a committee room at Leinster House.

Round-up: IPRT Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2023

20th September 2023

The 2023 Annual General Meeting of IPRT took place on Wednesday 20 September 2023, and the Annual Review 2022 - 2023 was launched.

Round-up: Launch of IPRT report 'Progress in the Penal System 2022'

26th May 2023

The launch of the sixth edition of PIPS took place on Friday 26 May 2023 in the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission offices.

Round-Up: Children and Families Project launch and publication of Maternal Imprisonment in Ireland: A Scoping Study

2nd March 2023

On Thursday 2 March 2023, Irish Penal Reform Trust held an in-person launch event at Wood Quay Venue, Dublin for our new project on children and families of people in prison. At the event we published our latest report ‘Maternal Imprisonment in Ireland: A Scoping Study’. 

Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Mental Health to discuss report on Forensic Mental Health

6th December 2022

IPRT presented at the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Mental Health to discuss our recently published report on 'Access to Rights for People Detained in Secure Forensic Mental Health Facilities in Ireland'.

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