IPRT in the News
As part of the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) Strategic Plan 2023-2026, one of our main goals is to campaign for a progressive criminal justice system that upholds human rights. Engagement with the media plays a large part in that as we discuss our evidence-based research, advocate for people in prison, and work to change attitudes and challenge misconceptions about people in the criminal justice system.
Below you will see a list of most of IPRT's media features including recordings of radio discussions, links to TV appearances, and access to written articles and opinion pieces. You can also listen back to long-form recorded discussions with podcast hosts on our Podcast webpage.
Irish Medical Times: Key to prison mental healthcare
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).
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.
