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One hundred prisoners died in custody of Irish Prison Service over the last 11 years
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Dozens more died while they were on temporary release from prison, including 20 in the last three years
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Election hopeful gives prison life thumbs up after spending 'grand' night behind bars
Prisons
Diarmaid Ó Cadhla spent 24 hours in Cork Prison last week for failing to pay a €300 fine
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Officers hit out at prisoners for abusing complaints system
Prison Service
Only 5% of grievances against officers upheld
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New safety net scheme for ex prisoners fighting addictions announced
Irish Prison Service
The Coolmine Therapeutic Community plans to help inmates beat their addictions while serving their sentences         
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Murdered dad beaten to death in housing estate in row over child riding bicycle
Tallaght
Detectives investigating the murder of Karl Holmes, from Tallaght, Dublin understand a row broke out at around 5.30pm
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Pampered prisoners: State pays €130,000 to fund college courses for Irish inmates
Crime
The taxpayer is picking up the education bill for some of Ireland's most depraved criminals
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Cloverhill Prison: Prisoner seriously assaulted as staff contain inmate revolt
Prison Service
Extra staff were sent to deal with incident which started after inmates refused to return to their cells
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15 'dangerous' prison inmates on the run after escaping Irish jails over past five years
Prisons
New figures exposed 293 incidents of escape in the past five years and although figures have fallen, escapees still at large could have violent pasts
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Violent and dangerous prisoners are being transported through YOUR neighbourhood without armed guards, TD claims
Prison Service
Fianna Fail Justice Spokesperson Niall Collins said the rate of denial for armed guard escorts was 'unacceptable'
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Prison officers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action over fears of safety risk due to cutbacks
Prisons
The National Executive Council of the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) served notice on the Irish Prison Service of their intention to begin industrial action on March 26
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Prison officers to strike over dangerous working conditions they are being forced to endure
Prison Service
Move comes just weeks after two officers were stabbed when dangerous convict Derek Brockwell escaped during a hospital visit
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Irish prisoners should get time for nookie with their partners behind bars, governor says
Prison Service
Colm Bartley, who runs Wheatfield Prison in Dublin, believes it's time the rules on conjugal visits were changed
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Rolf Harris paid £20 a week after landing job as prison tailor
Rolf Harris
The disgraced Jake the Peg singer, 84, helps make trousers, shirts and overalls for jails all over Britain
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Ireland's most dangerous prisons: We reveal the country's deadliest slammers
Crime
Our exclusive new figures show Mountjoy tops the list with three violent assaults every week
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Man accused of murdering wife takes own life in Cloverhill Prison
Cloverhill Prison
Marius Sarzynski, who was being held at Cloverhill Prison over the killing of Aleksandra Sarzynska last August, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday night
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Ivor the inmate: Shamed ex-senator Callely banged up with dangerous prisoners at Wheatfield Prison
Prisons
The disgraced ex-minister was brought to Wheatfield Prison which holds cold-blooded wife killers
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Prisoner mistakenly freed from jail because he had SAME SURNAME as inmate due for release
Crime
Anthony Douglas walked out of HMP Hewell, near Redditch, West Midlands, last Wednesday after being mistaken for another offender who had completed his sentence
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Footage from the camera on the drug stuffed helicopter which crashed into Wheatfield Prison could help nail suspects
Prison Service
The remote control craft was flown over the jail this morning prompting a massive security alert
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Most dangerous inmate in Ireland assaults officer
Crime
Brutal thug leaves warder with damaged arm after latest attack
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Convicted killer among group of prisoners given permission to buy mobile phone
Crime
Ten inmates at Loughan House jail in Blacklion, Co Cavan, were allowed to buy a handset late last week
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Marie Kierans on why the Government needs to support prisoners when they get out of jail
News Opinion
New research showed more than half of prisoners released by the State in 2008 re-offended
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Prisons chief admits number of inmates held in solitary confinement is unacceptable
Prison Service
New figures show 165 prisoners locked up for most of day to keep them safe from other convicts
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Courtney Meppen-Walter: Ex-Manchester City footballer back behind bars after being released by mistake
Courtney Meppen-Walter
The 18-year-old was released after serving four months of a 16-month jail term for causing the deaths of two people in a car crash last yea
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