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. [...]
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 the prison concluded yesterday, Tuesday 9 July 2024, with a formal meeting at which the Inspectorate [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
