2nd July 2010
Dara Gantly, writing in the 'Irish Medical Times', highlights the issues of locating mentally ill offenders in Irish prisons, and reports on the successes of the diversion project run by Cloverhill Prison and the Central Mental Hospital (PICLS).
29th June 2010
RTÉ's Morning Ireland sent reporter Paul Colgan to the IPRT Open Forum, Exploding Prisoner Numbers - Causes, Effects and Solutions.
28th June 2010
Garda representatives have accused the justice system of 'breaking down' as the strain on prisons increases.
23rd June 2010
Executive Director Liam Herrick joins Pat Rabbitte for a discussion on the sentencing of sex offenders.
23rd June 2010
Liam Herrick joins Irish Daily Star editor Ger Colleran for a discussion of released sex offenders.
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.
2nd June 2010
A study on drug use in prison and the possible need for needle exchanges in jails will begin this autumn.
26th May 2010
The launch of IPRT's Report on Reintegration of Prisoners in Ireland covered in the Irish Examiner.
26th May 2010
Colette Fitzpatrick talks to John Lonergan, Paul Mckay and Liam Herrick about the conditions in Mountjoy Prison.
25th May 2010
IPRT highlights the need for a greater commitment to the reintegration of prisoners.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.