Prisoners on best behaviour get to swap cell block for garden shop
An open prison in Cavan offers greater freedom and responsibility to inmates, wh [...]
‘I feel super gassed’: Lady Unchained, the prison radio host playing inmates’ raps
Hosted by poet and broadcaster Lady Unchained, Free Flow lets prisoners phone in [...]
Appetising, delicious food served up to prisoners? It works for the Nordic countries
Inmates cook together, eat together – and sometimes even forage together. It put [...]
Fishmongers’ Hall heroes in housing project for ex-inmates
Many prisoners are homeless after release but former inmate and probation worker [...]
The Dublin 7 coffee company staffed by former prisoners
The busy Four Courts outlet was set up to give its workforce a second chance. In [...]
Life after jail: ‘Government does not care about prisoner rehabilitation’
Irish society and politicians do not care or believe in the rehabilitation of pr [...]
Debt to society can be a long-term payment plan
People with convictions and those who have spent time in jail find barriers to m [...]
‘There are three little words I use all the time with my students. I frequently hear them back, too’
Despite its absence from my classroom, the notion of ‘punishment’ clearly featur [...]
From low-level drug dealer to human trafficker: are modern slavery laws catching the wrong people?
When I heard that a boy from my primary school had been convicted of trafficking [...]
Making it easier for SMEs to tender for government contracts
A range of measures, including the eTenders website, are making it simpler than [...]