{"id":4023,"date":"2024-06-27T12:12:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/?p=4023"},"modified":"2024-06-27T12:13:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:13:20","slug":"prisoners-on-best-behaviour-get-to-swap-cell-block-for-garden-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/?p=4023","title":{"rendered":"Prisoners on best behaviour get to swap cell block for garden shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>An open prison in Cavan offers greater freedom and responsibility to inmates, while also helping prepare them for life after their release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu internal_BodyInitial\">Open the caf\u00e9 door gingerly, not sure what to expect, it being our first time to pop into our nearest prison for a cuppa and all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Inside, the pretty log cabin is empty and a young man looks out from behind a counter, which adds to our sense of make-believe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-paywall-IE-template\">\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Will he be nice? Will he know what to do? What if we say the wrong thing?<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">For we are people from the free world and have crossed the invisible barriers into what is for most on the outside, a frightening, unknown world of captivity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">We order teas and coffees, scones and \u2014 go on, so \u2014 a donut for the road. He serves them all up quickly, neatly wrapping the donut in some napkins, apologetic that he has no takeaway bags.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">It\u2019s quiet now but will get busier at midday, he assures us, mainly with locals and visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Do they get many tourists? No, he replies, looking puzzled, and we kick ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/spotlight\/arid-41420977.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Read more here<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4023"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4026,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4023\/revisions\/4026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}