The Office of the Inspector of Prisons invite tenders for the development of visual identity and information/awareness raising materials for the Office of the Inspector of Prisons and future Office of the Chief Inspector of Places of Detention. Click here to view the invitation to Tender
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 prison, prison staff, management, national and international monitoring bodies and community-based organisations. These changes reflected in [...]
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 the Inspectorate shared its preliminary findings with the Governor, senior staff and a representative of the [...]
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 woman. The Inspectorate’s five-day visit concluded on Friday 22 November 2024, with a formal meeting at [...]
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 Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, setting out the Inspectorate’s findings regarding the death of “Mr. [...]
