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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Prisoners were given nearly €6.8 million in taxpayers’ cash over the past two years in the form of pocket money while they served time behind bars, the Irish Mirror can reveal. They received ...

The number of inmates grew by 1,184 in the five weeks from December 30 and February 3, according to analysis by the PA news ...

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 ...

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 ...