Organisation: Prison Visiting Committee

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Staff shortages, drugs and inmate violence blight jails

Staff shortages, overcrowding, drugs and inmate violence are just some of the key issues highlighted in reports on 14 prisons across the country.

Sat, 25 Jun, 2016

Increasing strain on prisons, report finds

OVERCROWDING and the housing of inmates for the non-payment of fines are putting increasing strain on some of Ireland’s main prisons.

Sat, 24 Oct, 2009

Bed crisis sends mentally ill inmates to jail

MENTALLY-ILL inmates are being committed to prison because of a lack of beds in the State's only secure psychiatric hospital, a prison visiting committee has warned.

Fri, 07 May, 2004