A PROBE is underway after a plot to smuggle lethal shivs into Mountjoy Prison was foiled last week. The Irish Sun can reveal ...

THE PRISON service is at breaking point due to an overcrowding crisis, according to a shock new report by the Irish Penal Reform Trust. It found that the system had regressed in 11 areas, including ...

A social media user claimed on X, formerly Twitter, that “61% of all prisoners in Ireland are foreign nationals”. The post also quoted figures which it claimed are from September 1 “this year” that ...

ANKLE MONITORS COULD soon be used an alternative to keeping people accused of crimes in prison while they await their trial to provide “respite” for Ireland’s overcrowded prisons. According to the ...

Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Matt Carthy TD, today led a visit by the ...

The IPS stressed no prisoners from the mainstream prisons are getting out for Christmas despite extreme overcrowding ...

Cloverhill Prison was the target of drone incursions on 73 occasions during the same 17-month period, while 23 were reported at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise, and 18 at Limerick Prison. The Irish ...

Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism.

An investigation is underway after an Irish inmate took part in an interview with a true-crime YouTuber based in the UK. The prisoner, who cannot be named as he is currently in the courts facing ...

A €1.6 million pilot project to electronically tag released prisoners and suspects on bail will be rolled out five years after the Government abandoned a similar project over value for money concerns.

A book offering a captivating account of the often-ignored and moving story of how Irish women dominated North American prisons in the 19th century is the perfect read this St. Brigid's Day Bank ...

Ireland has failed to implement long-standing recommendations of a committee against torture, “leaving behind some of the most vulnerable persons” in the State, a European body has said. On Tuesday, ...