Plans to release 200 prisoners to minimise Covid-19 threat not enough, say IPRT

Penal reformers have said that prison authorities need to release more than 200 inmates if they want to minimise the threat from Covid-19 in the country’s jails.

Last Friday, the Irish Prison Service proposed to release early at least 200 prisoners, who they stressed did not pose a threat to the public, to reduce prison numbers and avoid an outbreak of the virus.