Irish Times podcast: Does Ireland need more prison cells or fewer prisoners?
9th January 2024
On 9 January, the Irish Times In The News podcast featured Saoirse Brady, Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) Executive Director. Saoirse speaks to Sorcha Pollak, cohost 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 and pushes back on comments about prison expansion.
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- Press Release: IPRT responds to new Inspection Reports from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons highlighting serious failings
- Prisoner numbers on course to reach 'unimaginable' level - The Irish Examiner
