The notorious prison island in Co Cork once held over 2,300 inmates in brutal conditions and is now open for tours ...

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

Prisoners surrendered hundreds of synthetic opioid tablets after a fatal overdose at Mountjoy Prison, a report has said.

IRISH jails were operating at such extreme levels of overcrowding that senior officials warned they might not be able to take any new inmates and would struggle to produce prisoners at court. In a ...

Prison overcrowding is damaging the prospect of ‘any meaningful rehabilitation’ among inmates, new documents have warned. In its annual report for 2023, the Prison Visiting Committee raised concerns ...

Irish Prison Service responded to recommendations in a report following a death at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise ...

The investigation into of Spike Island, once Ireland’s most infamous, brutal prison, continues on the next episode of “Expedition X.” “Expedition X,” season 10, episode two, airs at 9 p.m. Wednesday, ...

BELFAST (Reuters) - A British government-led inquiry into the 1997 killing of a leading militant at a top Northern Irish prison found there was no state collusion, a conclusion questioned by relatives ...

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 ...