Dublin, 24 January 2024 Meeting today (24 January 2024) at the Dublin offices of the Inspectorate of Prisons, the Chief Inspector of the Department of Education Inspectorate, Yvonne Keating, and the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Mark Kelly, pledged to broaden and deepen their cooperation during the years to come. The two Inspectorates marked United [...]
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 27 November 2023 with a formal meeting at which the Inspectorate shared its preliminary findings with [...]
The 2022 Annual Report of the Office of the Inspector of Prisons was published on 13 October 2023. It is the twelfth Annual Report of the Office of the Inspector of Prisons.
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. [...]
