Mental illness and social exclusion irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

Arts Council to gift books to inmates in 13 prisons across country on Culture Night irishtimes.com/culture/books/… via Irish Times Culture

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

📢 We know that the prison system is in crisis – but how do we solve it? We need to talk about sentencing. Today we have published a paper from the most senior former judges in England and Wales, calling on the government to reverse the trend of imposing ever longer sentences.

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I want to ask all my followers for a massive favour, I promise I will never ask for as much as support if you can help me with this As you've seen the promoting I've been doing for the documentary Breaking Barriers I was part of, the whole group worked incredibly hard on making

Many beds at the Central Mental Hospital remain closed due to staff shortages, leaving people waiting. Recent Prison Visiting Committee reports raise concerns that some people in prison should instead be receiving mental health care in the community. irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4147…

Read IPRT's overview of the recently published Prison Visiting Committees Annual Report 2022👇 iprt.ie/latest-news/vi…

Responding to Prison Visiting Committee reports, Saoirse Brady calls for smarter investment in supporting & championing effective alternatives to prison and promoting diversion for people with mental health or addiction issues where possible and appropriate 👇irishexaminer.com/news/courtandc…

A very significant, insightful & powerful workshop with Irish Penal Reform Trust Irish Penal Reform Trust today with @ATDIrelandpart of our #LeaveNoOneBehind creative conversations supported by Concern Worldwide Looking at the barriers to inclusion & the support needed to fully participate in society #SDG

Prof O’Neill said: “What is certainly the case is that mentally ill people are coming into prisons, and particularly remand prisons, every day, in large numbers, when they could and should have been going to hospital.” Ber Grogan Irish Penal Reform Trust Saoirse Brady Spéire Nua Pat Sheedy

1/2 Delighted to share that my report, 'Access to Justice: Legal Pathways to Justice for the Rights of People in Prison', will be launched online on 26th September. It analyses the barriers & issues that arise in public interest prison law in Ireland MU School of Law & Criminology

Really looking forward to the launch of this excellent and important report. Please do join us online and share with your networks

A significant & powerful workshop with Irish Penal Reform Trust Irish Penal Reform Trust today with @ATDIrelandpart of our #LeaveNoOneBehind Creative Conversations supported by Concern Worldwide Looking at the barriers to inclusion & the support needed to fully participate in society atdireland.ie/wp/leave-no-be…

Ireland is referenced under the trend of Mental Health issues (amongst other trends) which remains timely as this week we continue to see the issue of mental health in the criminal justice system make headlines.

🆕Research published today shows public support for a #ChildrensBudget25 🎯One third of people strongly agree that government should increase social welfare support to children in low-income families instead of increasing the universal child benefit payment. #BreakTheCycle