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

In response to a parliamentary question from Fine Gael TD Barry Ward, Minister O’Callaghan stated: "The Irish Prison Service must accept into custody all people committed to prison by the Courts.” ...

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 ...

Prison movies are perhaps the most captivating of all movies, as the following films illustrate. From grim portrayals of life ...

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

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 ...

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

A man convicted of the “Essex Boys” gangland murders can be released from prison, the Parole Board has said. Michael Steele ...

Another factor in the delay in the report is a decision to widen its scope to include “supports for gender diversity in the prison environment more broadly”, the Irish Prison Service (IPS ...

Former Scotland Yard “most wanted” killer, Kenneth Dundon, said he was shocked to learn he was barred from a pub in his ...

The discovery of so-called ‘zombie spiders’ in a network of caves that lie beneath an Irish prison has caught the attention of staff there. Loughan House open prison in Co Cavan is built on ...