Prisoners
# prisoners - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Pressure grows on Obama to free hunger strikers – or put them on trial
Almost two-thirds of the prisoners at Guantanamo are on a hunger strike, which entered its fourth month earlier this week.
# prisoners - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Committee calls on government to reduce prisoner numbers by one-third
The committee also recommended that sentences of six months or less for non-violent crimes be replaced with community service orders.
# prisoners - Friday 1 February, 2013
Pussy Riot member taken to hospital
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been transferred to hospital for a diagnostic examination.
# prisoners - Monday 21 January, 2013
UN says torture of prisoners in Afghanistan persists
A report said torture included beatings, electric shock and being hung by the wrist from chains for long periods.
# prisoners - Thursday 15 November, 2012
Activists slam Myanmar amnesty ahead of Obama visit
Officials said 452 prisoners would walk free, but most or all of them appeared to be ordinary criminals rather than political prisoners.
# prisoners - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
Column: Politicians have no place in deciding who gets freed from prison
Our early release system badly needs an overhaul, writes Liam Herrick of the Irish Penal Reform Trust.
Call for reforms to ensure “fair and transparent” early release of prisoners
The IPRT recommends that a single ‘Early Release Act’ should be enacted to overhaul the current systems of remission, temporary release and parole.
# prisoners - Tuesday 24 July, 2012
Eight killed in Syrian prison mutiny
Opposition Syrian National Council claims regime forces opened fire on detainees during a peaceful sit-in protest.
# prisoners - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
Brothers still missing from Roscommon prison
The two brothers, Vasilea and Toader Feier, left a note in their cell at Castlerea Prison.
# prisoners - Thursday 5 July, 2012
Amnesty fact-finding mission to Libya uncovers torture, killings
Staff said they found evidence of electric shocks and beatings with bars, chains and cables.
# prisoners - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
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# prisoners - Thursday 10 May, 2012
Almost 500 prisoners have absconded since 2008
Thirty-three prisoners are currently listed as absconded, Minister for Justice and Equality Alan Shatter said this week.
# prisoners - Tuesday 8 May, 2012
Israeli court rejects hunger-strikers’ appeal
Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh have been striking for more than 70 days. They are among more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners who are currently on hunger strike.
# prisoners - Wednesday 2 May, 2012
Shatter defends early prisoner release scheme
Minister says he doesn’t foresee any difficulties managing new programme with current probation staff levels.
# prisoners - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Poll: Do you agree with the early release of prisoners?
The plans for more temporary releases were unveiled by Minister Shatter yesterday. Do you agree with them?
# prisoners - Thursday 26 April, 2012
Prison officers: ‘Prison service seems to ignore gang problem’
The annual conference of the Prison Officers Association takes place this week. Last night its president said that there is a “serious problem” with gangs within the prison system.
# prisoners - Saturday 21 April, 2012
Families of homicide victims call for end of concurrent sentencing
“There is terrible inequality in the Irish justice system, where the rights of victims of homicide and their families constantly fall by the wayside,” say AdVIC.
Three prisoners serving sentence for homicide offences are ‘unlawfully at large’
One prisoner absconded in 2004 while another escaped in 2010.
# prisoners - Sunday 8 April, 2012
Temporary release of prisoners ‘reduces risk to the community’ – Shatter
The Minister for Justice has said the planned temporary release of certain prisoners helps the “gradual reintegration” of criminals into society.
# prisoners - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
Building a future: Brazil turns to prisoners, slave workers for World Cup projects
World Cup organisers are using the 2014 tournament to help Brazil’s jobless find employment.
# prisoners - Monday 30 January, 2012
TG4 to document Limerick man’s help in KGB agent’s prison break
Ex-British spy George Blake was sentenced to 42 years in prison after being convicted of spying for the Soviets during the Cold War.
# prisoners - Sunday 29 January, 2012
Prisoners sew their own lips shut in Kyrgyzstan
Hundreds have used wire or coarse twine to sew their lips together, in what they say is a protest at poor living conditions.
# prisoners - Friday 27 January, 2012
MSF, Amnesty accuse Libyan authorities of torture
Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders is suspending its operations at Misrata detention centres over the claims.
# prisoners - Thursday 5 January, 2012
Two prisoners fail to return after Christmas temporary release
Gardaà have been notified after the two inmates failed to return to their institutions.
# prisoners - Thursday 29 December, 2011
Prisoners detained during unrest released in Syria
The Syrian government released 755 prisoners yesterday who had been detained over the past nine months of unrest. Meanwhile, observers toured Homs to see whether authorities were complying with a plan to stop the bloodshed.
# prisoners - Sunday 25 December, 2011
The 9 at 9: Christmas Day
Nine things to know this Christmas morning…
# prisoners - Thursday 22 December, 2011
160 prisoners to be granted temporary release for Christmas
The majority of the prisoners come from lower security institutions.
# prisoners - Tuesday 29 November, 2011
Number of prisoners on 23-hour lock-up drops
The number of prisoners on 23-hour lock up has dropped from 250 in January 2010 to 178 this year. However, the Irish Penal Reform Trust says this number is still too high.
# prisoners - Friday 25 November, 2011
Negotiator called to Drogheda Courthouse after prisoner stand-off
Six prisoners barricaded themselves into the holding area of the courthouse and refused to come out.
# prisoners - Monday 7 November, 2011
Focus should be on better conditions – not more prisons
There are currently almost 5,000 prisoners in Irish prisons, and the Irish Penal Reform trust says the Government should focus on making prison conditions better: not building more prisons.
# prisoners - Wednesday 19 October, 2011
UN calls for an end to solitary confinement as punishment
The UN’s lead investigator on torture has called using solitary confinement as a punishment “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” – which can amount to “torture”.
# prisoners - Sunday 16 October, 2011
Four adults found locked in a filthy basement in Philadelphia
The four were living in a boiler room. It’s thought that they were victims of social security fraud.
# prisoners - Tuesday 11 October, 2011
Burma to release 6,300 prisoners
However, it’s not clear how many political prisoners will be among those released under the amnesty.
# prisoners - Tuesday 20 September, 2011
Gilmore accepts US assurance of no rendition flights through Shannon
Eamon Gilmore says he’ll take the United States’ word that its Air Force did not carry prisoners of war through Shannon.
# prisoners - Monday 8 August, 2011
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things to know this morning…
# prisoners - Monday 30 May, 2011
Prisons’ Inspector criticises procedures for investigating prisoner deaths
Judge Michael Reilly says that investigations into the deaths of prisoners do not meet the standards of international best practice and lack consistency across the country’s 14 prisons.
# prisoners - Saturday 28 May, 2011
Column: Our degrading prison system is a shameful vision of the past
Our jails haven’t changed all that much since the damp corridors of Kilmainham – and visitors lose their dignity almost as much as inmates, writes court reporter Abigail Rieley.
# prisoners - Thursday 5 May, 2011
Two found dead in their prison cells but deaths not related
The man and woman are reported to have hanged themselves in separate wings of the prison in south Belfast. An investigation has begun.
# prisoners - Saturday 30 April, 2011
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Bad news for growth and jobs in Ireland; The royal wedding hangover; a television appearance by Colonel Gaddafi; the one year anniversary of Gerry Ryan’s death; and a race row hits French football.
# prisoners - Tuesday 26 April, 2011
Search continues for over 480 Afghan prisoners who dug their way out of jail
Prisoners spent five months digging the tunnel and preparing for their escape – and just over four hours getting out through it.
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