RTÉ Radio 1: This Week - Prison Overcrowding
20th October 2024
On 20 October, Gavin O'Callaghan of RTÉ Radio 1 reported on prison overcrowding. He spoke to Irish Penal Reform Trust Executive Director, Saoirse Brady, as well as families of people in prison and the Prison Officers Association.
Saoirse spoke about the need to address prison overcrowding in the short and long term, mentioned the recently released Prison Overcrowding Response Group report and spoke about the solutions.
Related items:
- Press Release: IPRT Responds to Follow-Up Inspection reports by Office of the Inspector of Prisons - Cloverhill and Mountjoy Prisons
- News at One coverage of Prison inspection reports - RTE Radio One
- Press Release: IPRT responds to new Inspection Reports from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons highlighting serious failings
- Prisoner numbers on course to reach 'unimaginable' level - The Irish Examiner
- Number of non-nationals in Irish jails has more than doubled in past five years - Irish Mail on Sunday
