5th February 2016
In February 2011, the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) put together ten priority policy proposals for reform that would help build safer communities. In March 2011, we welcomed key commitments included in the Programme for Government 2011-2016.
Action on Programme for Government commitments since 2011 has seen real progress towards addressing critical human rights abuses, including overcrowding, slopping out, and imprisonment of children. This has been matched with innovation: new ideas and new approaches to crime and punishment, arising from reviews of the effectiveness of Ireland’s justice system.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.