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:
- Niamh McCormack spoke to Angela Noone-Faull of CRCfm in Mayo on The Chatroom,
- Prison overcrowding crisis has deepened further this year
- New prisons ‘will not solve’ overcrowding crisis
- Saoirse Brady speaks to News at One in an interview given as part of coverage of Irish Prisons Annual Report 2024 Saoilaunch
- Niamh McCormack - Interview about the Committee on the Prevention of Torture's report on places of detention in Ireland.
