# Irish Prison Service
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Attack
Officers stabbed by escaped prisoner Derek Brockwell receive letter about their sick leave
16 May 2015
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pacify
'Dangerous' prisoner has fishtank, Playstation and special brown bread delivered to jail cell
8 May 2015
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not a free for all
This TD thinks new prison visiting rules are "incredibly sinister"
9 Apr 2015
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strike looming
'Luas security guards have better stab vests than prison officers'
4 Mar 2015
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I'll take that
Which Irish prisons confiscated the most weapons, drugs and mobiles last year?
1 Mar 2015
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Prison
Melanie McCarthy-McNamara killer wins High Court case over solitary confinement
18 Feb 2015
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Prison Officers
Isolating 'puppet master' gang leaders should stem the supply of drugs in prisons
7 Feb 2015
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search is on
Gardaà are searching for a prisoner who escaped from a prison van today
17 Dec 2014
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Overcrowding
There are currently 3,739 prisoners in Ireland - and we can't take many more
1 Dec 2014
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at large
Here's how many prisoners were given temporary release since 2009 ... and never came back
15 Nov 2014
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Contraband
Hooch, mobile phones and 421 tablets all found in cell search in Mountjoy
5 Nov 2014
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prisoner death
Prisoner death report finds he had left drug treatment programme but Prison Service didn't know
7 Oct 2014
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Irish Prison Service
Prison officers announce work stoppages for two prisons later this month
4 Sep 2014
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POCKET MONEY
Behaviour payments for prisoners criticised by victims of homicide group
18 Aug 2014
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Contraband
Mobile phones, modems and USB keys found in dissident wing of Portlaoise Prison
12 Aug 2014
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Human Rights
Ireland told to stop sending people to prison for not paying fines
25 Jul 2014
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special delivery
Investigation launched after drone full of drugs touched down at Dublin prison
25 Jun 2014
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Irish Prison Service
Call for Ombudsman as prison officers subjected to 'malicious' complaints
8 May 2014
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Gary Douch
Death of Gary Douch, killed in Mountjoy, was "avoidable and should not have happened"
1 May 2014
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Gardagate
Up to €50,000 was spent on maintaining Garda station recording equipment every year
3 Apr 2014
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Prisongate
Conversations between 84 prisoners and their solicitors were ‘inadvertently recorded’
1 Apr 2014
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Equality Tribunal
Irish Prison Service to pay €85,000 to three employees over equality issues
16 Dec 2013
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