# Prisoners
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Last month
February 2024
Prisoners
Prisoners convicted of minor crimes to undergo training programmes ahead of release
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Feb 20th 2024, 6:05 AM
Last year
2023
Ceasefire
Hamas releases 17 more hostages as 39 Palestinian prisoners freed
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Nov 26th 2023, 7:49 PM
POWs
UN accuses both Russia and Ukraine of 'summary executions' of prisoners
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Mar 24th 2023, 2:52 PM
All time
Mountjoy Prison
Mountjoy inmate who was injured after attack by group of prisoners has died
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Aug 3rd 2022, 4:27 PM
Russia
UN issues war crimes warning after death sentences given to soldiers
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Jun 10th 2022, 10:45 PM
NATO
Russia continues assault on east Ukraine as Finland moves towards joining Nato
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May 12th 2022, 10:42 PM
Cloverhill Prison
Cloverhill Prison confirms mass testing for Covid-19 as prisoner tests positive
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Nov 10th 2021, 4:36 PM
CSO
Almost half of criminals released from prison re-offended within a year, new figures show
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Jun 25th 2021, 1:51 PM
Prison
Prison watchdog questions use of handcuffs for escorting gravely ill prisoners to hospital
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Apr 18th 2021, 12:50 PM
Midlands Prison
Three prisoners test positive for Covid-19 at Midlands Prison
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Feb 17th 2021, 7:50 PM
covid jab
HSE confirms prison nurses will be vaccinated as frontline healthcare workers - but timeline remains unclear
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Jan 16th 2021, 7:30 AM
Coronavirus
Three prisoners in Portlaoise and Mountjoy test positive for Covid-19
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Jan 12th 2021, 7:58 AM
Prisoners
51 inmates in Irish prisons still 'slopping out' despite government pledge to end practice by this year
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Aug 21st 2020, 6:15 AM
Prison
Alcohol-free hand sanitiser given to prisoners over fears it would be used for 'moonshine'
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Mar 16th 2020, 10:46 AM
Coronavirus
Six prisoners in Italy die from methadone overdoses during protest over Covid-19 measures
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Mar 9th 2020, 2:48 PM
Criminal
Prisoners sleeping on floors as overcrowding a 'serious issue,' prison officers warn
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May 2nd 2019, 8:48 AM
PAC
Over €100k paid out in compensation to two families of prisoners who died from self-inflicted injuries
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Mar 29th 2019, 6:00 AM
three thousand nights
Over 3,400 cases of prisoners sleeping on mattresses on floors in past three months
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Feb 12th 2019, 6:10 AM
Prisoners
'He fought to maintain his sanity': Posters go up near Mountjoy raising awareness of prisoner healthcare
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Nov 17th 2018, 9:00 PM
Cork
Many prisoners on Spike Island may have been from 'black spots of disadvantage'
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Sep 7th 2018, 6:01 AM
Court Fines
Over 2,000 people jailed for non-payment of fines last year
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Jun 8th 2018, 6:15 AM
interest free
Irish Prison Service paid out €500k in loans to inmates over three years
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Nov 14th 2017, 4:14 PM
visitation
Prisoners want to be able to use Skype to contact their families
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10.0k
Oct 24th 2017, 7:00 AM
hiring ex prisoners
'People we recruit from prison are on average more loyal, more honest and stay with us for longer'
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34.3k
Oct 1st 2017, 10:00 PM
Slopping Out
No damages for prisoner whose rights were breached by being forced to defecate in chamber pot
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18.5k
Sep 13th 2017, 12:43 PM
Prison Officers
The Dóchas female prison experienced the highest number of assaults by convicts on officers last year
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Jul 17th 2017, 9:09 PM
Solitary Confinement
'Prisoners have a very basic human need for contact'
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13.0k
Jul 9th 2017, 7:00 AM
Georgia
Two inmates 'dangerous beyond description' on the run after killing guards
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Jun 14th 2017, 9:03 AM
the full monty
Convicted criminal climbed on roof of Mountjoy Prison and stripped naked
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16.6k
Jun 14th 2017, 7:58 AM
Prison Break
Seventeen prisoners shot dead following mass breakout in a Papua New Guinea prison
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May 15th 2017, 8:09 AM
Addiction
US prisons fight heroin addiction with $1,000 monthly injection
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15.8k
Jan 2nd 2017, 9:00 PM
state claims agency
Assaults on prison staff cost the state around €26 million over seven years
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Nov 24th 2016, 5:00 PM
Portlaoise
Officer hospitalised with knife wounds after intervening in prison attack
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17.4k
Oct 15th 2016, 4:40 PM
jailhouse wok
Ramen noodles are replacing cigarettes as currency among prisoners in US jails
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Aug 23rd 2016, 6:51 PM
Transfers
15 detainees transferred out of Guantanamo Bay as Obama seeks to close facility
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Aug 16th 2016, 7:26 AM