This paper examines the influence of organisations representing “ordinary” prisoners in the Republic of Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s. Although these organisations have been eclipsed in popular and academic studies by protest movements among politically aligned prisoners, they deserve more attention because of their demand for penal reform for all prisoners. While there was a proliferation of prisoners’ rights movements internationally at this time, the momentum for reform in the Republic of Ireland was primarily local, focussing on shortcomings in the prison system. Despite penal reform being a protracted and contested process, the campaigns by prisoners’ rights movements made a significant contribution to the debates around the condition...
This article aims to deepen and broaden our US- and UK-centric theories and histories of late 20th-c...
This article aims to deepen and broaden our US- and UK-centric theories and histories of late 20th-c...
In 2006, the Irish Government introduced legislation to allow prisoners to vote. Drawing on internat...
The article explores the early years of the campaign for ‘ordinary’, not politically-aligned, prison...
The article explores the early years of the campaign for ‘ordinary’, not politically-aligned, prison...
This article examines protests by “ordinary” prisoners in the Republic of Ireland, which began in th...
The Irish prison system is currently undergoing significant reform. Old and dilapidated prison buil...
The Irish prison system is currently undergoing significant reform. Old and dilapidated prison buil...
The Irish prison system is currently undergoing significant reform. Old and dilapidated prison buil...
The paper tracks the concept of rehabilitation within official thinking in Ireland since the foundat...
The paper tracks the concept of rehabilitation within official thinking in Ireland since the foundat...
This article aims to deepen and broaden our US- and UK-centric theories and histories of late 20th-c...
This article aims to deepen and broaden our US- and UK-centric theories and histories of late 20th-c...
This article aims to deepen and broaden our US- and UK-centric theories and histories of late 20th-c...
The Irish prison system is currently undergoing significant reform. Old and dilapidated prison buil...
This article aims to deepen and broaden our US- and UK-centric theories and histories of late 20th-c...
This article aims to deepen and broaden our US- and UK-centric theories and histories of late 20th-c...
In 2006, the Irish Government introduced legislation to allow prisoners to vote. Drawing on internat...
The article explores the early years of the campaign for ‘ordinary’, not politically-aligned, prison...
The article explores the early years of the campaign for ‘ordinary’, not politically-aligned, prison...
This article examines protests by “ordinary” prisoners in the Republic of Ireland, which began in th...
The Irish prison system is currently undergoing significant reform. Old and dilapidated prison buil...
The Irish prison system is currently undergoing significant reform. Old and dilapidated prison buil...
The Irish prison system is currently undergoing significant reform. Old and dilapidated prison buil...
The paper tracks the concept of rehabilitation within official thinking in Ireland since the foundat...
The paper tracks the concept of rehabilitation within official thinking in Ireland since the foundat...
This article aims to deepen and broaden our US- and UK-centric theories and histories of late 20th-c...
This article aims to deepen and broaden our US- and UK-centric theories and histories of late 20th-c...
This article aims to deepen and broaden our US- and UK-centric theories and histories of late 20th-c...
The Irish prison system is currently undergoing significant reform. Old and dilapidated prison buil...
This article aims to deepen and broaden our US- and UK-centric theories and histories of late 20th-c...
This article aims to deepen and broaden our US- and UK-centric theories and histories of late 20th-c...
In 2006, the Irish Government introduced legislation to allow prisoners to vote. Drawing on internat...