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PETER HITCHENS: I still believe crime must be punished. But a week inside showed me squalor achieves nothing
I spent last week in prison. I know prison is where quite a lot of my Left-wing enemies want me to be but this was by my own choice. I was taking part in what I believe is a tremendous [...]
Prisoner literacy: ‘When you pick up a book you’re not thinking of being locked in the cell’
Literacy ambassadors say they tell prisoners: ‘It’s not like learning when we were in school. It’s completely different’ “It was the first time in my life I had positive role models,” [...]
‘No case to answer’: the Londoner arrested for murder on the injustice that shaped his life
Kenny Imafidon was arrested under the controversial ‘joint enterprise’ law. After six months behind bars, his case was thrown out. Now 30, he has written a breathtaking memoir about hi [...]
Seven out of ten prisoners leave school by age of 14, taskforce told
First meeting of Prison Education Task Force held in Mountjoy Prison attended by Minister for Justice Simon Harris and Minister of State. Almost 70 per cent of those who end up in pris [...]
Over 800 prisoners left waiting for addiction services in Irish prisons
Sinn Féin’s spokesman for mental health Mark Ward warned that people who do not get proper care are more likely to reoffend when they leave prison. Over 800 prisoners were on waiting l [...]
What we’ve learned from teaching in prison
Opinion: prison education has a long tradition in Ireland north and south and is of immense value to imprisoned persons. By Katharina Swirak, UCC and Gillian McNaull, Queen's Universit [...]