9th August 2012
IPRT's Liam Herrick discusses ways to reduce the prison population.
8th August 2012
IPRT's response to Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2011 featured in The Irish Times.
8th August 2012
Irish Examiner's Cormac O'Keefe refers to IPRT's main concerns in his analysis of Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2011.
8th August 2012
Following the release of the Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2011, Irish Independent article highlights IPRT's main concerns.
7th August 2012
IPRT welcomes “levelling off” of Prisoner Numbers, but number of Female Prisoners and Fine Defaulters continues to rise.
7th August 2012
The Parole Board should operate independent of government and on a statutory basis.
6th August 2012
Historic moment as the final 16 year old boy is released from St Patrick's Institution, but thirty-one 17 year old boys remain.
31st July 2012
IPRT Board member, Dr Kevin Warner, outlines why reducing prisoner 'gratuity' is a complex and far-reaching issue.
27th July 2012
IPRT Executive Director Liam Herrick questions the use of prison as punishment for 'white collar'and non-violent crimes, in response to Fintan O'Toole's Irish Times article 'Quinn's jail priveleges show touch of class'.
27th July 2012
IPRT's Liam Herrick featured in RTE Drivetime's feature on open prisons in Ireland. Following the committal of Sean Quinn Jnr to Mountjoy prison for civil contempt, and his subsequent transfer to the 'open'Training Unit, debate in relation to prison as punishment has emerged.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.