Irish Prison Service Director General said jail overcrowding crisis so dire that options around temporary release of higher-risk criminals, sex offenders, and increased use of bail needed to be considered – TheStory.ie

Irish Prison Service Director General said jail overcrowding crisis so dire that options around temporary release of higher-risk criminals, sex offenders, and increased use of bail needed to be considered – TheStory.ie

The Department of Justice was warned a crackdown on undocumented immigrants would lead to more serious and high-risk criminals having to be given temporary release from jail. The head of the Irish Prison Service (IPS) said a garda decision to bring charges against individuals arriving in Ireland without valid documents was contributing to “unsafe and unmanageable” levels of overcrowding. In a letter to a senior department official, IPS Director …