30th November 2015
On Friday 27th November 2015, IPRT hosted a conference entitled 'Securing Accountability - Building effective prison monitoring, inspection, and complaints systems'.
6th November 2015
Deirdre Malone, Executive Director of IPRT, responded to media requests for a comment on the Prison Culture Report published by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons.
16th October 2015
Yesterday evening, RTÉ's 'The Late Debate' discussed crime and punishment, with particular focus on bail.
12th August 2015
IPRT's Deirdre Malone spoke to Newstalk FM's The Pat Kenny Show about children in detention in Ireland.
4th August 2015
Media coverage of issues and concerns raised by an incident which took place in Cloverhill Prison, 29 July 2015.
23rd July 2015
New legislation says judges must give reason for releasing suspects on bail.
6th July 2015
Chairperson of IPRT, Prof Michael O'Flaherty, on spent convictions as a human rights issue.
14th May 2015
Media coverage of a new IPRT report 'Turnaround Youth: Young Adults (18-24) in the Criminal Justice System ~ the case for a distinct approach' launched on 12th May 2015.
26th March 2015
Why has it taken so long to end the detention of under 18s in adult prisons?
16th February 2015
There were almost 9,000 committals to prison in 2014 for failure to pay court-ordered fine.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.