While there were 5,101 people in prisons across the country on February 6, there were 11 per cent fewer beds (546) ...

Prison staff faced disciplinary sanctions for misconduct on 561 occasions during the same period, new figures show ...

The Irish Prison Service has spent more than €114,000 over the past three years on an empty site bought more than 20 years ...

A pledge by prison leaders in Northern Ireland to hire 75 extra prison officers to meet rising demand has been eclipsed by ...

The rise in disorder comes after a prison officer in Mountjoy was slashed across the face by a prisoner on February 1 ...

THE prison officer slashed in the face after an attack in Mountjoy Prison has undergone plastic surgery. It’s understood he’s ...

So is it time to ramp up efforts to find an alternative to prison, particularly for those who are sentenced to a year or less ...

State paid €29m for Thornton Hall site, now worth just €6.5m Thornton Hall prison site in North County Dublin. Photo: Mark Condren The Irish Prison Service has spent more than €114,000 over ...

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A prison officer has been hospitalised after being slashed in the face by a violent inmate in Mountjoy jail. The suspect for ...

The Irish Prison Service (IPS)’s long-awaited policy guidance on the appropriate housing of trans inmates has been delayed further, as officials struggle to identify a suitable model. Despite two ...