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Slopping out will be eliminated from every prison over the next three years

Slopping out to end in Mountjoy Prison this year

News • 03 May 13

Prisoners in isolation are often confined to small cells without windows for up to 23 hours a day

US prisons to review solitary confinement practice

News • 05 Feb 13

The trouble began when national guard troops tried to carry out an inspection at the prison

Dozens killed in Venezuela prison riot

News • 28 Jan 13

The cats body was wrapped in tape and also carried drills, an earphone, a memory card, batteries and a phone charger (Pic: YouTube)

Cat found sneaking saw, phone into Brazil prison

News • 07 Jan 13

The prisoners being released are close to the end of their sentences

226 prisoners to be released for Christmas

News • 22 Dec 12

IPRT says prison visits are not child-friendly

News • 19 Nov 12

Staff members at St Patrick's under investigation

News • 17 Oct 12

Bridie Gargan was murdered in the Phoenix Park in 1982

Call for change in life sentence release powers

News • 19 Sep 12

Increase in community service orders in 2011

News • 16 Aug 12

Over 17,000 prison committals last year

News • 07 Aug 12

Relatives of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons cross by bus at the Erez border crossing in Beit Hanun

Palestinian families allowed Israeli jail visits

News • 16 Jul 12

Four prisoners on release scheme returned to jail

News • 02 May 12

1,200 prisoners to be released over three years

News • 01 May 12

Martin McDermott fled from the unit in March

Inmates recaptured after Loughan Prison escape

News • 26 Apr 12

Concern over overcrowding at Cloverhill Prison

News • 20 Apr 12

Prison deaths to be independently investigated

News • 19 Apr 12

The prison's governor has launched an internal investigation

Prison officer knocked unconscious in Derry

Ireland • 19 Apr 12

Escaped prisoner had fled Cavan facility before

Ireland • 29 Mar 12

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