Niamh McCormack - Interview about the Committee on the Prevention of Torture's report on places of detention in Ireland.
25th July 2025
A report on the Irish prison system by the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Degrading Treatment (CPT), published in July, strongly criticised the level of overcrowding across the Irish prison system. Niamh McCormack speaks to Drivetime to echo IPRT's concerns about the report's findings.
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