Irish Penal Reform Trust

IPRT in the News

RTÉ Morning Ireland: New proposals for repeat offenders

29th June 2010

RTÉ's Morning Ireland sent reporter Paul Colgan to the IPRT Open Forum, Exploding Prisoner Numbers - Causes, Effects and Solutions.

Irish Examiner: Garda body warns justice system is failing society

28th June 2010

Garda representatives have accused the justice system of 'breaking down' as the strain on prisons increases.

4FM: Emotive question of sentencing sex offenders

23rd June 2010

Executive Director Liam Herrick joins Pat Rabbitte for a discussion on the sentencing of sex offenders.

Today FM: Balancing the right to privacy with public safety

23rd June 2010

Liam Herrick joins Irish Daily Star editor Ger Colleran for a discussion of released sex offenders.

Medical Independent: Lights out on prison healthcare

10th June 2010

"With a rapidly-growing prison population, dwindling resources and dangerous, stressful conditions, doctors working in our prisons are firefighting in terms of inmate healthcare," writes Ailbhe Jordan.

Irish Examiner: Prison drug use to be studied

2nd June 2010

A study on drug use in prison and the possible need for needle exchanges in jails will begin this autumn.

Irish Examiner: Calls for better services to stop convicts reoffending

26th May 2010

The launch of IPRT's Report on Reintegration of Prisoners in Ireland covered in the Irish Examiner.

TV3 MidWeek: Conditions in Mountjoy Prison

26th May 2010

Colette Fitzpatrick talks to John Lonergan, Paul Mckay and Liam Herrick about the conditions in Mountjoy Prison.

Irish Times: 60% of prisoners likely to reoffend, says report

25th May 2010

IPRT highlights the need for a greater commitment to the reintegration of prisoners.

RTÉ News at One: Concern over numbers of reoffenders

25th May 2010

RTÉ reporter Caitríona Perry interviewed the speakers at the launch of the IPRT report '"It's like stepping on a landmine..." - Reintegration of Prisoners in Ireland'. In the news item, a former prisoner articulated the difficulties faced in reintegrating into society after release.

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