Prison Reports
Reports on Irish prisons are gathered in this section, along with prison standards and other relevant reports.
Inspection reports of the Children Detention Schools, which are carried out by HIQA, are available in the youth justice section.
For reports on Irish prisons carried out by international monitoring bodies (CPT, UN CAT, etc.) please see Human Rights reports.
Health Needs Assessment for the Irish Prison Service report published
11th May 2023
Irish Penal Reform Trust notes the publication on 11 May 2023 by the Department of Justice and the Department of Health of the Health Needs Assessment (HNA) for the Irish Prison Service.
Prison Chaplain Annual Reports 2021
1st May 2023
The Prison Chaplain Annual Reports for 2021 have been published by the Irish Prison Service in May 2023. All of these reports relate to the 2021 calendar year.
IPRT welcome the publication of the Prison Census Reports January 2023
29th March 2023
Details of the Prison Population Census January 2023 reports on restricted regimes and cell occupancy and in-cell sanitation released by the Irish Prison Service.
Prison Census Reports January 2022
2nd March 2022
IPRT is increasingly concerned about the high number of people being held on restricted regimes, as well as the staggering number of people on 24-hour lock-up.
Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2019
15th June 2020
IPRT outlines some of the key stats in Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2019 and how they compare to 2018.
Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2018
24th June 2019
IPRT outlines some of the key stats in the Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2018 and how they compare to 2017.
Probation Service Annual Report 2018
17th June 2019
The Probation Service Annual Report 2018 was published by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, on the 17th of June, 2019.
Census of Restricted Regime Prisoners April 2019
10th May 2019
The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has published the Census of Restricted Regimes for April 2019.
Census of Cell Occupancy and In-Cell Sanitation April 2019
10th May 2019
The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has recently published its quarterly statistical analysis cell occupancy and in-cell sanitation for April 2019.
Visiting Committee Annual Reports 2017
11th March 2019
IPRT notes the publication of the 2017 annual reports from the Visiting Committees for each of Ireland's prisons.
