The deputy general secretary of the Irish Prison Officers Association, Jim Mitchell has told of how prison officers have to operate a colour coding system to identify different factions.

The Prison Service has admitted it needs to do more to tackle the flow of contraband into jails after another rise in the seizures of phones, drugs and weapons.

An investigation is underway following allegations that a serious case of sexual harassment within the Prison Service was covered up.

An investigation has been launched following allegations that a serious case of sexual harassment within the Prison Service was covered up.

The head of the Irish Prison Service has defended how Ireland treats its prisoners.

Prison officers who have to deal with the death of an inmate often experience a “ripple effect” in their personal lives, and many would like to the see the Irish Prison Service employ dedicated peer support officers.

Prisoners in Irish jails have made almost 350 complaints of serious assault and intimidation under a new complaints procedure introduced by the Irish Prison Service introduced in November 2012.

A prisoner cut off his penis and attempted to flush it down the toilet.

Police in Britain are hunting a robber serving a nine-year jail term who was released from prison in error.

The number of people imprisoned in Ireland has increased by almost 3%, the justice minister said.

The body representing the country’s prison officers has expressed its disappointment at the Irish Prison Service’s decision to conduct an internal report into Derek Brockwell’s escape from Tallaght Hospital.

Serious overcrowding, violence and cuts in resources have impacted on inmates in the prison system, according to the Visiting Committee.