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[1] [2] Similarly, the management of the prison system within the Irish Free State passed to the control of the Minister with the dissolution by statutory instrument of the General Prisons Board for Ireland (the G.P.B.) in 1928. [3] The G.P.B. had been an all-Ireland body.
In 1928, the Minister for Justice of the Irish Free State, Kevin O'Higgins, dissolved by statutory instrument the General Prisons Board, which had been established in the pre-independence era to manage the Irish prison system. [1] Thus, the responsibility for the management of the Irish prison system devolved to the minister and his department. [2]
While life imprisonment is the most severe penalty possible under Irish law, it is not necessarily "life imprisonment" in practice, as not all of the life sentence is generally served in prison custody. The granting of temporary or early release of life sentenced prisoners is a feature of the Irish prison system handled by the Minister for Justice.
Entrance to The Grove Prison.Built in 1848, it operated as an adult prison from 1848, a borstal from 1921, and a young offenders institution from 1988. A borstal was a type of youth detention centre in the United Kingdom, several member states of the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland.
Defunct prisons in the Republic of Ireland (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Prisons in the Republic of Ireland" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Sir Walter Frederick Crofton (1815–1897) [1] was chair of the Board of Directors of Convict Prisons for Ireland between 1854 and 1862. He is sometimes cited as Alexander Maconochie's ideological heir. Under Crofton's system of prison administration, known as the Irish system, prisoners progressed through three stages of confinement.
Prisons in Northern Ireland (1 C, 4 P) R. Prisons in the Republic of Ireland (1 C, ...
Loughan House Open Centre (/ l ɒ k ˈ æ n /; [1] Irish: Teach an Locháin) is a low-security, open detention centre in Blacklion, County Cavan, Ireland. It was purchased by the Department of Justice in 1972 to be converted to a prison facility. It is low security, and caters for male inmates. [2] Its current governor is Mr Mark Lydon.