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E65 The Fifth Court - 'Irish Prisons at 107% capacity', '9/10 employers happy to employ ex-prisoners' - Saoirse Brady, Irish Penal Reform Trust
E65 The Fifth Court
Saoirse Brady, Executive Director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust, joins Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL, to talk all things prisons related (including the problems caused by mental health issues in jails - a very, very big problem according to Saoirse). Interestingly, research from Maynooth University is showing that a big majority (9 out of 10) of employers are willing to give ex-prisoners a chance in the workplace, something that may surprise.
On the date of recording the Irish Prison System was at 107% capacity.
Her recommendations for a book include 'Poor' by Katriona O'Sullivan and 'Just Mercy' by Bryan Stevenson
And, as always, our interlocutors interrogate some recent high profile legal cases from the Decisis.ie casebook:
- The first case concerns the cost of judicial review where the respondent was a solicitor.
- The second case concerns fixed penalty notices given out by An Garda Síochána during the Covid lockdown
- The third case, in the name of the fada, is about the use of the 'síne fada' (or as Google likes to describe it, 'the long extension'), on websites. A case for the Data Protection Commission.
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E65 The Fifth Court
Saoirse Brady, Executive Director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust, joins Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL, to talk all things prisons related (including the problems caused by mental health issues in jails - a very, very big problem according to Saoirse). Interestingly, research from Maynooth University is showing that a big majority (9 out of 10) of employers are willing to give ex-prisoners a chance in the workplace, something that may surprise.
On the date of recording the Irish Prison System was at 107% capacity.
Her recommendations for a book include 'Poor' by Katriona O'Sullivan and 'Just Mercy' by Bryan Stevenson
And, as always, our interlocutors interrogate some recent high profile legal cases from the Decisis.ie casebook:
- The first case concerns the cost of judicial review where the respondent was a solicitor.
- The second case concerns fixed penalty notices given out by An Garda Síochána during the Covid lockdown
- The third case, in the name of the fada, is about the use of the 'síne fada' (or as Google likes to describe it, 'the long extension'), on websites. A case for the Data Protection Commission.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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