There will be a “tragic event or some other crisis” in Irish prisons if the Government does not immediately tackle the ...

The Prison Officers' Association has accused the Government and the Department of Justice of consistently failing to deal ...

THE overcrowding crisis in Irish prisons is worse than ever with 358 inmates forced to sleep on the floor on one night this ...

More than 350 prisoners are sleeping on the floors of cells in jails because of overcrowding, the annual conference of the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) will hear today. POA president Tony Power ...

Minister Jim O’Callaghan will address the Irish Prison Officers’ Association’s Annual Delegate Conference in Galway today.

The complete dismantling of humanitarian release from immigration detention is counter to law, inhumane, and expensive.

There were roughly the same number of inmates in Wigan’s jail last year as there had been 12 months earlier, figures show.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures come after the Government re-enacted Operation Safeguard in March, requiring police ...