Ireland’s statutory prisons watchdog, the Office of the Inspectorate of Prisons (OIP), has recently completed an unannounced full inspection of Cork Prison, from 27 March to 5 April 2023. This inspection forms part of the Inspectorate’s new programme of regular unannounced full inspections of all prisons in Ireland. Unannounced full inspections are carried out under [...]
Ireland’s statutory prisons watchdog, the Office of the Inspectorate of Prisons (OIP), has recently completed a thematic inspection of the provision of mental health care to people in prisons. This inspection, which took place in late February and early March 2023, included visits to seven of the twelve prisons in the State: Cloverhill, Cork, the [...]
Investigation Report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr G, aged 33, on 14th July 2020. Click here to view the report Click here to view the Irish Prison Service Action Plan
Investigation Report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr R, aged 38, on 16th December 2019. Click here to view the report Click here to view the Irish Prison Service Action Plan
The Office of the Inspectorate of Prisons has recently completed a two-week unannounced full inspection of Mountjoy Men’s Prison in Dublin, from 28 November to 9 December 2022. This is the first such unannounced full inspection of an Irish prison for many years and it heralds the beginning of the Inspectorate’s programme of regular inspections [...]
