New wings are to be added to Mountjoy, Cork and Midlands prisons and work is to begin on a new jail at Thornton Hall in ...

Prison overcrowding is damaging the prospect of ‘any meaningful rehabilitation’ among inmates, new documents have warned.

A recruitment campaign is under way to hire 300 new prison officers in full-time positions. The new officers will help address staffing shortfalls amid an overcrowding crisis among the prison ...

Even if the commitment in the 2025 Programme for Government is fully met, the recommended capacity of Irish prisons would be ...

Given problems with overcrowding across the prison network, the group urged the Government to explore opportunities to ...

A youth described as “failed by the State” – born in prison, predisposed to addiction from infancy and having spent his life ...

US Attorney General Pam Bondi visited Alcatraz prison, weeks after President Donald Trump said he would order the ...