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.
Related items:
- Press Release: IPRT Responds to Follow-Up Inspection reports by Office of the Inspector of Prisons - Cloverhill and Mountjoy Prisons
- Government Action Urged On Prison Conditions - Midlands 103 FM
- News at One coverage of Prison inspection reports - RTE Radio One
- Cork Prison is the second most overcrowded prison in Ireland - Red FM
- Press Release: IPRT responds to new Inspection Reports from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons highlighting serious failings
