IPRT Submission to the Department of Justice Consultation on diversion for young adults 18-24
18th January 2023
IPRT appreciates the opportunity to make this submission to the Department of Justice, as part of its public consultation on the topic of diversion paths for young adults aged 18–24. The Department’s commitment in the Youth Justice Strategy 2021 – 2027 to explore age-appropriate interventions for young adults is very welcome and represents an ambitious and progressive approach to responding to offending by young adults, while repairing harm.
The IPRT submission to the consultation made recommendations under the following areas:
- Alternatives to custody
- Sentencing
- Suitability for diversion
- Potential diversion paths
- Staff, training and resourcing
- Data and resourcing
- Engagement with diversion process
- Implementing an appropriate approach to records of diversion
- Meeting the rights and needs of victims
In total, the IPRT submission to the consultation makes 26 recommendations for reform.
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- Rehabilitated offenders should be able to move on with their lives - that includes jobs
- Lack of clarity over budget funding for addiction and mental health supports in prisons
- IPRT presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on Pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme: Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025
