The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has plans to invest an estimated €600,000 of the public's money in new dogs for jails in ...

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Police cells will be used again to hold prisoners as jails are running at “close to critical capacity” of more than 99%, the Justice Secretary has said. The contingency plan called Operation ...

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Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a stop-gap measure to cope with overcrowding in jails, the British government said on Tuesday.

Jails could run out of space within months as ministers wait for the ‘uncertain’ results of a sentencing review, MPs have warned. The Commons’ cross-party Public Accounts Committee called f ...

Cells in police stations will be used to house prisoners as jails run close to ‘critical capacity’ (Joe Giddens/PA) Police cells will be used again to hold prisoners as jails are running at ...