While costs of basic items have risen, including snacks bought from the prison shop to fill long gaps between meals.

The rate of self-harm by women in Irish prisons is “disproportionately high”, with over one in eight prisoners saying they had self harmed. On Monday, the Irish Prison Service published its fifth and ...

Overcrowding in the prison system has become so severe that the 1,500 new beds promised by the Government will be instantly wiped out. At the time of writing, there are 5,700 people in custody in our ...