Dublin, 4 October 2023 Ireland’s statutory prison watchdog, the Office of the Inspectorate of Prisons (OIP), has just completed a two-week unannounced full inspection of the Dóchas Centre (Women’s Prison) in Dublin. The visit concluded on Monday 2 October 2023 with a formal meeting at which the Inspectorate shared its preliminary findings with the Governor [...]
Prisoners who have access to good quality education and work training of vocational value stand a much better chance of successfully reintegrating into society on their release. That was the clear message at the launch of a new report which, for the first time, reviews the provision of education and work training in Ireland’s prisons. [...]
This is the first Thematic Inspection Report on Education and Work Training in prisons conducted by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons (OIP), in partnership with the Department of Education Inspectorate (DE Inspectorate). The aim of this partnership is to draw on the specialist expertise of the DE Inspectorate to assess the quality of [...]
Investigation Report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr C, aged 24, on 15th January 2022. Click here to view the report Click here to view the Irish Prison Service Action Plan
Ireland’s statutory prisons watchdog, the Office of the Inspectorate of Prisons (OIP), has just completed a nine-day unannounced full inspection of Cloverhill Prison in Dublin, from 15 to 25 May 2023.This is the third unannounced full inspection of an Irish prison in the last five months and forms part of the Inspectorate’s new programme of regular [...]
