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27th June 2017
Highlights in this edition include: Save the Date for IPRT AGM 2017; Prisons under the UN Spotlight; National Advocacy Strategy for Children with a Parent in Prison; IPRT Submissions, and more.
1st March 2017
Highlights in this edition include: New IPRT project Progress in the Penal System (PIPS); Issues facing women in detention raised at CEDAW; Health and mental health care in prisons; Legislative developments in prisons and penal reform; and more.
21st December 2016
Highlights in this edition include: IPRT Year in Review: Season's Greetings; Update from IPRT's Friends Event; Tribute to Inspector of Prisons, Judge Michael Reilly.
18th November 2016
Highlights in this edition include: IPRT Team entrances and exits; Update from IPRT's AGM & Members Event and Annual Report 2015-2016; Launch of Older People in Prison Report 30th September; All-Party Penal Reform Group Briefing Seminar on Parole Bill 2016.
7th September 2016
Highlights in this edition include: IPRT's AGM & Members Event 22nd September; Launch of Older People in Prison Report 30th September; IPRT Team entrances; Industrial Action at Oberstown Youth Detention Centre and more.
11th July 2016
Highlights in this edition include: IPRT's commitment to full transparency and accountability; IPRT Team ~ Exits & Entrances; New Publications from IPRT; Penal Reform Updates; and more.
15th April 2016
Highlights in this edition include: IPRT's upcoming Prison Litigation Conference and Workshop; penal reform updates; and an EU project on harm reduction in prisons.
23rd February 2016
Pre-election edition, including: IPRT's wishlist for the next Programme for Government; #GE2016 on IPRT.ie; and a reflection on penal reform progress 2011-16.
21st December 2015
Including: Season's Greetings from IPRT; IPRT 2015 - A Year in Review; IPRT Conference ~ Securing Accountability; and more.
16th November 2015
Highlights in this edition include: IPRT Conference ~ Securing Accountability; New Publication: IPRT Position Paper on Bail and Remand; and Recent Developments.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.