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.
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'.
IPRT response at webinar: Evidence Review of Community Service Policy, Practice and Structure
6th December 2022
IPRT’s Executive Director, Saoirse Brady, responded the research report 'Evidence Review of Community Service Policy, Practice and Structure' launched by the Irish Probation Service.
