Call for help to support disability, homeless and other services at a time of critical need. Quality Matters seeking people with experience in social care or working with disadvantaged groups 👇

In light of COVID-19, issues in Irish prisons such as overcrowding and access to in-cell sanitation have become increasingly urgent. Everybody – incl. those in prison – should be able to meet HSE guidance on social distancing, hygiene and hand washing. midlands103.com/news/midlands-…

Our friends at APT Geneva and OSCE/ODIHR have published new guidance for detention monitors during the #coronavirus pandemic drawing on consultations with #NPMs

Back to work, exactly 16 weeks post kidney transplant. The office looks a lot different than when I left it. And the colleagues are more demanding! But I am so grateful to be healthy and safe at this point.

If you don't already have enough on your neverending reading list, here is another one to add by Joe Garrihy and I published in a special issue of Methodological Innovations. Jake Phillips

Well done to Irish Prison Service for keeping Covid 19 out of our prisons. This must be one of only a few examples around the world where a prison system had no cases, and where Covid 19 was in the community?

Former Supreme Court Judge Catherine McGuinness "I would be horrified by this. Looking back at history of welfare of children in this country, we've had 19 official reports documenting on how children let down and badly treated by the State." #TheDCYAMustStay

Have we forgotten the long and arduous battle it took to establish the Dept. Of Children? And that battle cost many children to lose their lives, their families and their rights, and it further silenced their voices.

Minister Charlie Flanagan has today published the Irish Prison Service Annual Report for 2019. Full press release and report can be found here: justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/…

New book on Ireland's carceral network. Looks very interesting- looking forward to reading it. Palgrave Criminology

Congrats Lynsey! Looking forward to reading it.

#COVID19 continues its deadly march around the globe, with the lives of incarcerated persons hanging on the line. Maïté De Rue of Open Society Justice Initiative has authored this excellent legal brief on state obligations to protect the health and life of persons in #prison. justiceinitiative.org/publications/t…

Brilliant opportunity to work with an NGO that contributes so much to penal reform in Ireland.

The Inspector of Prisons has just launched a Framework for the Inspection of Prisons. This is a really welcome development in the oversight of our prison system and will ensure accountability and transparency of the inspection process. 1/2

The framework is firmly rooted in international human rights jurisprudence, which has been a core feature of the Inspectorate since its establishment by Statute in 2007. 2/2

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I really enjoyed hearing about staff and prisoners’ perspectives and awareness of oversight from @curristocrat @sophievanderva1 @ciaramoconnell PRILA. The live CPT visit research sounds absolutely fascinating!

The TUI have decided to refer the current dispute in DkIT to the Labour Court. This decision is being made after DkIT Management refused to agree a joint referral to the Labour Court or a willingness to return to talks at the WRC. DkIT Students' Union