No.-60-Prisons-and-Prisoners-in-Northern-Ireland-–-Putting-human-rights-at-the-heart-of-prison-reform Executive Summary A great deal has been written and said over the past number of years in relation to the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS). Hundreds of recommendations for change have been made, and although many of them have been taken on board, there exists a mass of unimplemented recommendations. The nature of the...

No.-12-Life-sentence-and-SOSP-prisoners-in-NI-1989 At 1st July 1988 there were 406 life sentence prisoners and 32 prisoners held at the Secretary of State’s pleasure in Northern Ireland. This constitutes around 27% of the average daily prison population, a figure considerably higher than the average 6% which prevails in the rest of the United Kingdom. Many of these prisoners...

The Administration of Justice in Northern Ireland: the proceedings of a conference held in Belfast on June 13th, 1981 Conference held at the Student’s Union or Queen’s University, Belfast. More than one hundred individuals and delegates attended, representing a range of organisations in the legal, political and community spheres. The five papers presented covered (1) Arrest...