One of the greats. Dervla Murphy, travel writer who lived an ‘adventurous life at the edge’, dies aged 90 irishtimes.com/culture/books/… via The Irish Times

#OA version of our new paper PRILA on complaints, with Dr Sophie van der Valk and Eva Aizpurua. Thanks to all who took part, all who helped Irish Prison Service and European Research Council (ERC) for making it possible. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

And that's a wrap. A lot of fun marking the long PhD journey yesterday.

All set for Law and Society 2022 in Lisbon. Presenting on Friday on the emotional impact of sociolegal research on the researcher. Law & Emotion CRN

Had a wonderful time at #LSA2022 presenting with Law & Emotion CRN and meeting fantastic Punishment & Society CRN scholars. Definitely a wonderful conference space to be in.

Congratulations to PhD student Diego Castillo Goncalves who recently passed his PhD viva examination with no corrections. Diego’s thesis is a comparative socio-legal study on the credibility assessment of separated children seeking international protection

The title of this 𝑳𝑺𝑹 article just about sums up how those in #prison in #Ireland felt about the complaint system...! Mary Rogan Dr Sophie van der Valk #EvaAizpurua Trinity College Dublin Currently #OpenAccess on #Wiley! Read the article here: bit.ly/botfwIlsr

Fantastic development by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons to increase visibility and track progress of their recommendations Ian Marder Mary Rogan Dr Fiona Donson Irish Penal Reform Trust Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice

Congratulations to Cliquennois Gaëtan on this publication; pleased to have two PRILA pieces with Christine Morgenstern and Dr Sophie van der Valk on Germany and Ireland. We consider European supervision of rights in prison.

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Delighted to contribute to the latest issue of Prison Service Journal with Mary Rogan with an article on the Irish prisoner complaints system and prisoners' views and experiences of it.

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Complaining in Prison: 'I suppose it's a good idea but is there any point in it?' - read the article from Dr Sophie van der Valk and Mary Rogan in the latest #prisonservicejournal edition 264 crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeand… #prison #prisonresearch #research #openaccess #prisoncomplaints

Delighted to be part of this special issue with Mary Rogan. Thank you to the Irish Prison Service who provided access to gather the data which informed this work.

"An independent monitor in every prison to take complaints and perform audits and investigations would help fix this [and avoid lawsuits]. ... Ideally, it would be a deterrent for civil rights violations before they even occur." #prisonoversight trib.com/news/state-and…

Looking forward to presenting at this event on scrutiny in prisons in December!

Today, our two researchers, Andrew M. Jefferson & Tomas Max Martin, are hosting a seminar on understanding prison life and mitigating penal harms. Panel discussions with Dr Sophie van der Valk, Mary Rogan, Gilles Chantraine, Brenda van den Bergh & @MinaIbrahimZ. 👉Read more: dignity.dk/en/news/events…

New policy paper from our project Transforming Justice Responses to Non-recent Institutional Abuses just out QUB Policy Engagement QUB School of Law with James Gallen marie keenan Dr Sophie van der Valk and Allely Albert qpol.qub.ac.uk/innovative-jus…

Find out our recent #research activities in this month's School Research Highlights Bulletin (No. 24). The featured researcher this month is Dr Dr Sophie van der Valk. ucd.ie/socialpolicywo… #SocialPolicy #SocialWork #SocialJustice #LoveIrishResearch HEA

Had a fantastic time in Onati presenting my research on Ombuds institutions and prisoner complaints. A truly beautiful setting to discuss all things Ombuds: iisj.net/en/workshops/f…