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The theory of a Juvenile Liaison Officer scheme in Ireland was put forward to the Minister for Justice Gerry Collins in 1985 (Revision). It has since been passed and is similar to the ASBO scheme in the UK. The main difference is that a JLO can only be given to an underage offender (-18).
Borstal in Ireland: Custodial provision for the young adult offender 1906-1974 (Extracts). Institute of Public Administration, Dublin, 1975. ISBN 0-902173-66-9; Kilcommins, Shane Crime, punishment, and the search for order in Ireland, Institute of Public Administration, Dublin, 2004. ISBN 978-1-904541-13-4
Oberstown Children Detention Campus (/ ˈ oʊ b ər z ˌ t aʊ n /; Irish: Campas Coinneála Leanaí Bhaile an Oibricigh) is a youth detention centre located in the north part of County Dublin , Ireland. [3] It houses both male and female offenders. [4] [5]
Ireland is a member of the European Union and the EuroPris system. [10] Being a member of this system requires abolition of the death penalty and humane prison conditions. The goal of the Europris system is to ensure cooperation between European prison systems which aims to improve the lives of prisoner and their families, growing public safety ...
His Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) is a part of HM Prison and Probation Service (formerly the National Offender Management Service), which is the part of His Majesty's Government charged with managing most of the prisons within England and Wales (Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own prison services: the Scottish Prison Service and the ...
A modern Category A prison housing adult male long-term sentenced and remand prisoners. Various units in the establishment also accommodate Category B and C prisoners. The prison also houses a working-out unit, where prisoners can leave the prison for short periods under direct supervision, and Burren House, a detachment of Maghaberry on Crumlin Road, Belfast, serves as a Category D unit.
HM Prison Magilligan is a medium security prison run by the Northern Ireland Prison Service situated near Limavady, County Londonderry. It was first opened in January 1972 when 50 Irish Republican internees were transferred from the prison ship HMS Maidstone. [1] The camp was comprised eight Nissen huts on the site of an army camp.
In Ireland, there has been controversy about the level of escape from open prisons, attributed to their use by the Irish Prison Service not just to transfer prisoners suitable for open conditions, but also to reduce overcrowding in closed prisons. The idea of open prisons is to rehabilitate prisoners rather than to punish them.