As of Friday, there were 227 women incarcerated in the Dóchas Centre. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
A “failure of political will” to limit numbers in the largest women’s prison shows “a willingness to warehouse people in degrading and inhumane conditions”, according to an unpublished report.
The 2025 annual report from the Dóchas Centre visiting committee, submitted to Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan last month, says overcrowding at the prison “is the worst it has ever been”.
The report, obtained by The Irish Times, is unlikely to be published for several months.
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