Progress in the
Penal System (PIPS)
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2020
About
Executive Summary
Introduction
Foreword
Part 1: Penal Reform in a time of Pandemic
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1.1 Irish penal system response to Covid-19
1.2 Human rights in detention during a pandemic
1.3 Prison for punishment or rehabilitation?
1.4 PIPS vision in the context of Covid-19
1.5 Lessons from the pandemic in Ireland
Conclusion
Part 2: Measuring Progress against the Standards
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Thematic Area 1: Reducing the use of imprisonment
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Standard 1: Towards a progressive penal policy
Standard 2: Imprisonment as a last resort
Standard 10: Pre-trial detention as an exceptional measure (Updated)
Thematic Area 2: Prison Conditions and Regimes
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Standard 9: Single-cell accommodation
Standard 11: Family contact
Standard 16: Out-of-cell time
Standard 26: Solitary confinement
Thematic Area 3: Physical health and mental health
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Standard 12: Access to healthcare services
Standard 13: Mental healthcare
Thematic Area 4: Oversight, accountability and complaints
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Standard 22: Complaints system
Standard 23: Independent complaints and appeal mechanism
Standard 24: Inspections and monitoring
2019
About
Executive Summary
Assessment of Progress
Foreword
Part 1: Accountability in the Penal System
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1.1 Accountability in the penal system
1.2 Accountability in penal policy
1.3 Accountability in the courts
1.4 Accountability within the ‘closed world’ of prisons
1.5 Accountability in the media
1.6 PIPS as an accountability mechanism
1.7 Conclusion
Part 2: Measuring Progress against the Standards
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A. An effective and humane penal system
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1: Towards a progressive penal policy
2: Imprisonment as a last resort
3: Safe custody limits
4: Size of prisons
5: Minimum prison security settings
6: Open prison provision
B. Prison conditions
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7: Humane prison conditions
8: In-cell sanitation
9: Single-cell accommodation
10: Separation of remand from sentenced prisoners
11: Family contact
12: Access to healthcare services
13: Mental healthcare
14: Drug and alcohol treatments
15: Privacy
C. Regimes
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16: Out-of-cell time
17: Sentence management
18: Life skills
19: Education
20: Community engagement & involvement
21: Political and civic participation
D. Complaints, accountability and inspections mechanisms
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22: Complaints system
23: Independent complaints and appeal mechanism
24: Inspections and monitoring
25: Investigations into deaths in custody
E. Safety and protection in Irish prisons
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26: Solitary confinement
27: Violence in Irish Prisons
28: Prisoner escorts
29: Staff training
30: Professional relationships
31: Use of Force
32: Cohorts of prisoners at risk of discrimination
32.1: Women who offend
F. Reintegration
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33: Parole system
34 and 35: Effective reintegration of prisoners
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Thematic Area 1: Reducing the use of imprisonment
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