While there were 5,101 people in prisons across the country on February 6, there were 11 per cent fewer beds (546) ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

The number of attacks on prison officers in Northern Ireland has trebled in the last five years, Stormont has heard.

medium-security prison and the second largest female prison in Ireland, said: “up to 2023 the medical wing was shared with the male population so it was more difficult to offer women gender ...

In 1909, the North of Ireland Women’s Suffrage Society changed ... mostly ones that protected private property - and went to prison. From the start of the 20th century to the beginning of ...

The hunger strikes by republican prisoners in Northern Ireland's Maze prison brought to a head five years of protest for their right to be treated as 'special category' political prisoners rather ...

A Garda investigation is under way after a prison officer was assaulted in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin. Gardaí said the officer is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at the nearby ...

The buildings within the prison were 25 yards back from the wall so were not damaged. No arrests have been made at present. [Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly ...

The Prison Service needs better scanning technology to help detect drugs being smuggled in to Northern Ireland jails, according to a report. It follows an investigation by the prisoner ombudsman ...

Mr Beattie is being offered a meeting with the Northern Ireland Prison Service to discuss the situation. The assembly member obtained a breakdown of written warnings issued in the past three years ...

You can check out at any time. More info Some 11 of Ireland’s 14 prisons currently have more prisoners than permanent beds, new figures from Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan have revealed.