17th January 2024
IPRT response to an analysis of data conducted by the Irish Examiner, showing the mounting pressures on the prison system.
9th January 2024
IPRT speaks to Sorcha Pollak of the Irish Times In The News podcast alongside Irish Times Crime and Security Editor Conor Lally about reducing the number of people sent to prison.
4th January 2024
IPRT responds to the latest overcrowding figures at Cork prison.
4th December 2023
IPRT Executive Director, Saoirse Brady, responds to the number of days educational programmes were prevented from happening due to staff shortages.
30th November 2023
Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) welcomed many elements of two strategy documents published by the Irish Prison Service but warned, however, that broader efforts across the criminal-justice system must focus on reducing the number of people sent to prison in the first place.
29th November 2023
The Journal's Noteworthy initiative reports on their investigation of prison visits.
29th November 2023
IPRT reacts to the Irish Prison Service Strategy 2023-2026 document released that day.
29th November 2023
Dr Helen Kehoe, IPRT Legal and Public Affairs Manager, writes a guest piece for the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA), reflecting on where we are ten years after the Report on Penal Reform by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice following the All-Party Oireachtas Group for Penal Reform event.
19th November 2023
IPRT joins the conversation on mandatory life sentencing.
7th November 2023
IPRT responds to the figures for temporary release and offers solutions on how to address prison overcrowding.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.