Prison sources familiar with the situation told The Irish Times deportees were being “dumped” into jails, often for long periods, though they had committed no crimes, and with no notice to the Irish ...

AN independent TD has lashed out at the prison service for using public money to fund a number of podcasts which have cost ...

Director General of the Irish Prison Service said the country’s main remand prison was at 125 per cent capacity and only had ...

The Irish Prison Service issued an urgent drug alert to all prisons on July 18 2024 over nitazene tablets after the overdose of a 21-year-old at Mountjoy ...

The rate of self-harm by women in Irish prisons is “disproportionately high”, with over one in eight prisoners saying they had self harmed. On Monday, the Irish Prison Service published its fifth and ...

Irish prisons are at "breaking point" amid an overcrowding crisis, a huge rise in attacks, broken toilets, and "unsafe" conditions. The Irish Mirror reports that the number of prisoners who assaulted ...

Prisoners are being prescribed weight-loss drugs behind bars and the amount the Irish Prison Service (IPS) is spending on Ozempic is on the rise.

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 ...

Irish Prison Service vehicles were involved in dozens of crashes, prangs, and breakdowns over the past two years. The incidents, along with other wear and tear, resulted in repairs and recovery jobs ...

Drugs found in toilet brush holder in Dublin courthouse(Image: Irish Prison Service) A prison officer got more than he bargained for when he searched the toilets of a ...