Life after jail: ‘Government does not care about prisoner rehabilitation’

The paper highlighted that access to housing for inmates leaving prison 'is constrained by the lack of an overall statutory right to housing and the endemic shortage of housing in Ireland'.

Irish society and politicians do not care or believe in the rehabilitation of prisoners, according to a paper co-authored by a Corkman who ended up homeless after serving a sentence for heroin possession.

The paper — The Soul-Destroying Release From Prison Into The Void — was co-authored by former prisoner Paul O’Rourke with UCC academics Katharina Swirak and Ute Krenzer.