Staff Recruitment
Due to the forthcoming retirement of the Inspector of Prisons (Chief Inspector), the Public Appointments Service commenced a recruitment process for the post of Inspector of Prisons (Chief Inspector) on 29 October 2021
Investigation Report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ms O 2019
Investigation Report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ms O 2019, aged 27, while on reviewable temporary release from Mountjoy Women’s Prison (Dóchas Centre) on 12th August 2019.
Investigation Report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr F 2018
Investigation Report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr F 2018, aged 41, while on temporary release from Cork Prison on 19th March 2018
Thematic Inspection Reports for Mountjoy, Cloverhill, Wheatfield and Limerick Prisons
03 August 2021 saw the publication of 4 Covid 19 Thematic Inspection reports.
Publication of Thematic Inspection Reports for Mountjoy, Cloverhill, Wheatfield and Limerick Prisons
The Office of Inspector of Prisons is pleased to announce the publication of 4 Covid 19 Thematic Inspection Reports. The reports for Mountjoy, Cloverhill, Wheatfield and Limerick Prisons are the first of 12 scheduled Inspection Reports primarily focusing on the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on Irish prisons.