Publication of Inspection Framework, ‘A Framework for the Inspection of Prisons in Ireland’ (2024)
The Office of the Inspector of Prisons has published its updated Inspection Framework, A Framework for the Inspection of Prisons in Ireland (2024). Changes to the Inspection Framework were made following extensive consultations with key stakeholders including people in [...]
Prisons Watchdog Returns to Cloverhill
Ireland’s statutory prisons watchdog, the Office of the Inspector of Prisons (OIP), has recently completed an unannounced follow-up inspection of Cloverhill Prison, Dublin. The Inspectorate’s three-day visit concluded on Wednesday 11 December 2024, with a formal meeting at which [...]
Watchdog Inspects Limerick Women’s Prison
Ireland’s statutory prison watchdog, the Office of the Inspector of Prisons (OIP), has just completed an unannounced general inspection of Limerick Women’s Prison. Inspectors also visited unit D1 in Limerick Prison for Men, which is currently holding a transgender [...]
Watchdog calls for action to reduce risk of prison overdoses
Ireland’s statutory prisons watchdog, the Inspectorate of Prisons, has called for further action to reduce the risk of people in prison dying from overdoses. The call comes in an independent investigation report published today (19 July 2024) by [...]
Watchdog Inspects Midlands Prison and National Violence Reduction Unit
Ireland’s statutory prison watchdog, the Office of the Inspectorate of Prisons (OIP), has just completed unannounced general inspections of the Midlands Prison and the National Violence Reduction Unit (NVRU) housed at that prison. The Inspectorate’s two weeks in [...]
Watchdog Focuses on Future Prospects for Shelton Abbey Residents
Dublin, 29 November 2023 Ireland’s statutory prison watchdog, the Office of the Inspectorate of Prisons (OIP), has just completed a seven day unannounced full inspection of the Shelton Abbey Open Centre in County Wicklow. The visit concluded on Monday [...]