Irish Penal Reform Trust

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.

Census of Restricted Regime Prisoners July 2015

31st July 2015

The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has recently published its quarterly census of Restricted Regime Prisoners in the Irish prison system as of July of 2015.

Census of Prison Population, Cell Occupancy and In-Cell Sanitation July 2015

31st July 2015

The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has recently published its quarterly statistical analysis of prison population, cell occupancy and in-cell sanitation facts and figures for July of 2015.

"New Connections"- Embedding Psychology Services and Practice in the Irish Prison Service, June 2015

30th June 2015

An independent review of the IPS Psychology Services found that psychology is currently underutilised and difficult to access.

Prison Visiting Committee Annual Reports 2014

27th May 2015

The Annual Reports for 2014 of eleven Prison Visiting Committees have been published.

Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2014

18th May 2015

The Irish Prison Service Annual Report for 2014 was published by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Ms. Frances Fitzgerald on the 18th of May 2015.

Joint Irish Prison Service & Probation Service Strategic Plan 2015-2017

18th May 2015

The Irish Prison Service and Probation Service have published their joint strategic plan for the years 2015 to 2017.

Probation Service Annual Report for 2014

18th May 2015

The Probation Service has published their Annual Report for 2014.

Census of Restricted Regime Prisoners April 2015

27th April 2015

The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office recently published its quarterly census of Restricted Prisoners in the Irish prison system. The census figures indicate a slight increase in the number of prisoners on restricted regimes.

Census of Prison Population, Cell Occupancy and In-Cell Sanitation April 2015

27th April 2015

The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has recently published its quarterly statistical analysis of prison population, cell occupancy and in-cell sanitation facts and figures.

Probation Service Strategy 2015 - 2017

30th March 2015

The new Probation Service Strategy emphasises lasting change through offender rehabilitation

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