IPRT calls for 'more eyes on prisons' as 24 serious complaints lodged in the first half of 2019

Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, has pledged to prioritise the complaints system in the prison service. Picture: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie

Commitments made four years ago to reform how prisoner complaints are managed must be delivered on this year and greater oversight of prisons is needed during the pandemic, the Irish Penal Reform Trust has said.