Thematic Inspection on Education & Work Training – April – June 2022
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 [...]
Investigation Report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr C 2022
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 [...]
Watchdog Monitors Pre-Trial Detention in Cloverhill Prison
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 [...]
Cork Prison falls under Watchdog’s Spotlight
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 [...]
Watchdog focuses on mental health in prisons
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 [...]
Investigation Report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr G 2020
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 [...]