🔎 Invitation to Tender: Exploring the financial impact on children and families in Ireland when a family member was imprisoned. 📅 Deadline: Tenders should be submitted to [email protected] by 12 noon on Monday 23 September 2024. Full details 👉 iprt.ie/iprt-research-…

📰 Portlaoise Prison wing where near-fatal overdoses occurred still packed beyond capacity "In the wake of the overdoses the Irish Penal Reform Trust said that overcrowding in prisons is making it more difficult for inmates to tackle addiction." ireland-live.ie/news/laois-liv…

As part of Pavee Point's ongoing work to address criminal justice reform, our Drugs Alcohol and Addiction Programme attended an Irish Penal Reform Trust event that the current challenges that people in prison face in understanding what their rights are, what remedies are available #Travellers #Roma

Minister of State at the Department of Justice James Browne TD is inviting proposals for community and youth service organisations to establish new Youth Diversion Projects (YDPs) in North Tipperary and in East Clare. Find out more: bit.ly/3YZ524T #community #youth

While IPRT was pleased to see the Parole Act pass and Parole Board established in 2021, we remain concerned about delays in introducing regulations to allow people serving long-term fixed sentences to apply for parole. 📰 iprt.ie/iprt-in-the-ne… ✍️ Conor Gallagher The Irish Times

Deadline tomorrow: IASIO invitation to tender IASIO wants to conduct a research and feasibility study into the impact and benefits of formal family engagement during the process of prisoner release. Funded by St Stephen's Green Trust. More details 👉activelink.ie/vacancies/tend…

📻 IPRT Exec Director Saoirse Brady hosted a @KCLRFM Guest Editor segment interviewing Damien Quinn (Spéire Nua ), Paula Kearney (Brio programme at SAOL Project) and Ryan O'Rourke (Journalist). The discussion covered a wide range of topics! 👉Listen back: iprt.ie/iprt-in-the-ne…

This was an absolute privilege - such an honest, emotive and powerful conversation that I hope will provide real insights into people's lived experience of the criminal justice system. Huge thanks to KCLR 96FM & Damien Paula Kearney and Ryan O'Rourke for their wisdom!

Only one week remaining to apply for our Family Matters grants to support people affected by imprisonment and convictions. Information below.

Prison is inherently traumatic but is compounded when it is overcrowded. The Irish Prison Service is failing to reach its targets on access to psychologists. IPRT is calling for further investment in #Budget2025. 📰 Read the Irish Examiner article 👉 iprt.ie/iprt-in-the-ne…

#JobFairy Barnardos Ireland: Project Worker (Part Time), Supporting Traveller Women in Prison More details available here: activelink.ie/vacancies/chil…

Fair play to my former Children's Rights Alliance colleagues on another impactful #EndChildPovertyWeek. This will hopefully result in meaningful #Budget25 measures for children and young people most in need including many children who experience hardship when a parent goes to prison

Join Us on the 17th of October each year, we come together to demonstrate the strong bonds of solidarity between people living in poverty & people from all walks of life, & our commitment to work together to overcome extreme poverty & abuse of human rights #17octIRL #EndPoverty

🆕 Irish Penal Reform Trust Pre-Budget Submission #Budget2025 Our key budget asks for #Budget25 aim to respond to mental health and addiction, reduce remands, invest in alternatives, support families and prevent homeless. 📙 Read our full submission: iprt.ie/latest-news/ip…

If #Budget2025 does not invest the financial resources and political will to support and champion effective alternatives to prison, the resources needed to continually increase the prison estate will be a financial and social drain on the State for decades to come.

We in Irish Penal Reform Trust believe that prison expansion not only contradicts existing government policy but the lengthy process of prison building will not offer any short-term solution to hundreds of people currently sleeping on prison floors and thousands more sharing cells #Budget2025

ATD Ireland is proud to partner up with Irish Penal Reform Trust Irish Penal Reform Trust next Thursday 12th September; we will facilitate a creative conversation focusing on Barriers to Participation & what it means to be left behind atdireland.ie/wp/leave-no-be… #LeaveNoOneBehind supported by Concern Worldwide