Report marks ‘dramatic shift’ in prison thinking

PENAL reform campaigners have hailed Government prison plans as marking a “new departure” in justice policy.

Report marks ‘dramatic shift’ in prison thinking
Fri, 29 Jul, 2011 - 01:00
Cormac O’Keeffe

The praise came after Justice Minister Alan Shatter published the report of the Thornton Hall Review Group.

The group recommends the construction of a mini-Thornton Hall and the closure of Cork Prison and its replacement with a prison at Kilworth, Co Cork.

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