RTE News HeadlinesOct 16, 2024

[18:44] Action needed after 'stark' report on prison overcrowding

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has said the State must prioritise alternatives to the expansion of prisons to deal with overcrowding.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1016/1475853-prison-overcrowding-report/

#TheIrishPenalReformTrust #IPRT #State

Suzanne Doyle GuilloudNov 8, 2022
If anyone is interested in the intersection of #DisabilityRights & #CriminalJustice, as well as #CRPD #Carcerality #PsychosocialDisability & #AlternativestoCoercion, can I do a shameless plug for the recent scoping report that some of us at the #CDLP put together for #IPRT? https://www.iprt.ie/site/assets/files/7148/access_to_rights_for_people_detained_in_secure_forensic_mental_health_facilities_in_ireland.pdf