Prisons seek to ease fears over backlog of sex offenders for treatment programme

The Irish Prison Service has sought to ease fears of a backlog of sex offenders waiting to enter its tailored treatment programme following criticism from a visiting committee at one of the country's main jails.

The Visiting Committee for Arbour Hill prison - one of two jails that deal with men convicted of sexual violence - had warned in its recently published 2017 annual report of "an ongoing waiting list for prisoners to engage in the psychology services".