On the National Day of Voter Register 2024, Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) is highlighting that people in prison have the same right to register to vote as people in the community. The right to vote should be facilitated and protected within the prison estate, just as it is in the rest of our community.
IPRT is asking election candidates running in the European Parliament elections to pledge to support the European Movement for Small-Scale Detention Housing - a just, sustainable, and community-integrated alternative to large prisons.
On 4 June 2024, Prison Insider writes about the stances taken by political groups in the European Parliament regarding enhancing dignity, rights, and conditions for prisoners throughout the European Union.
Vice-chair of the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) board, Dr Cormac Behan, outlined how prisoners in Ireland were given the right to vote and how the process now works in an opinion piece in The Journal.
Irish Penal Reform Trust has written to Prison Governors asking them to put in place measures to support voter registration and facilitate voting in each prison ahead of the upcoming local and European elections.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.