PRISON chaplains have called for the creation of smaller, community-based prisons throughout the country to allow a more “humane” regime for prisoners and their families.

The lack of human rights for prisoners was condemned today in a damning report that highlighted squalid living conditions for inmates.

Concluding our series on the prison system, Cormac O’Keeffe examines government penal policy and finds rehabilitation is possible.

PRISON officers and chaplains working in Wheatfield believe the good work in the prison is being seriously jeopardised by a growing overcrowding problem.

Chaplains at the country's jails are calling for a radical overhaul of the prison system.