Irish Penal Reform Trust

Youth Justice: 18-24s

Young adults are more responsive to rehabilitative measures than older adults – but the wrong interventions can limit opportunities and deepen offending behaviour. Alternative sentencing and policy approaches are needed to reduce the offending rate among young adults.

Publication of Oberstown Annual Report 2022

4th July 2023

Oberstown has published its annual report for the year 2022. The report outlines a number of key developments made in providing care for young people in custody, in addition to progression pathways for those leaving the facility.

IPRT responds to the UN Committee for the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) Concluding Observations

9th February 2023

Following the recent examination of Ireland under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, IPRT responds to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) Concluding Observations.

IPRT calls for action in amending the Children Act 2001, as rights of children comes under UN spotlight

24th January 2023

MEDIA RELEASE: IPRT, in attending the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) in Geneva, highlighted the need for urgent Government action on youth justice and children with a family member in prison in Ireland.

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...

Prison recidivism 2016 and 2019 cohorts

21st June 2022

CSO reoffending data show that almost 62.3% of people released from prison in 2016 re-offended within three years of their release. The data indicates that 44.6% of people released from prison in 2019 reoffended in the year following their release.

IPRT response at webinar: Judicial Discretion and the Justice & Welfare Dichotomy

23rd May 2022

IPRT Executive Director Saoirse Brady was a panel respondent at this important Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and the Children’s Rights Alliance webinar.

IPRT Submission to the Joint Committee on Justice on Anti-Social Behaviour

21st January 2022

IPRT was invited by the Joint Committee on Justice to make a written submission on the topic of 'Anti-Social Behaviour'.

Department of Justice: Mid-Year Progress Report on Justice Plan 2021

12th August 2021

The Mid-Year Progress Report on Justice Plan 2021 was published in August, and details the progress made so far to achieve 5 goals - or 240 actions - identified in the Justice Action Plan 2021 published earlier this year.

Prison recidivism 2015 cohort

25th June 2021

New figures published by the CSO find that almost 62% of people released from prison in 2015 re-offended within three years. In response, the IPRT is calling for the Government to introduce a statutory obligation on agencies co-operate around prisoner release.

Youth Justice Strategy marks an opportunity to transform the lives and futures of children facing multiple disadvantages – IPRT

15th April 2021

IPRT welcomes many of the evidence-led plans set out in the new Youth Justice Strategy, however, concern remains over certain proposals.

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