Red FM: Irish Penal Reform Trust says prison conditions are going backwards
4th January 2024
On 4 January 2024, IPRT Executive Director, Saoirse Brady, spoke to Red FM in response to the reports of further overcrowding at Cork prison.
Cork Prison was the most overcrowded prison in the state as of 3 January 2024 with 337 people imprisoned there, at 114 per cent capacity.
An audio clip from the interview was featured on the Red FM news radio bulletin throughout the day. A supporting article on the Red FM website is available here.
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- Poverty, inequality increases risk of entering the criminal justice system - IPRT - RTÉ News
- Planned electronic tagging of prisoners faces fresh setback - Irish Independent
- Deaths in custody up from 24 to 31, over one year - Law Society Gazette
