Tag: Midlands Prison Portlaoise

"The most important sunrise of the year” is taking place this weekend, as the Darkness into Light 5km walks will get underway across the...

Midlands Prison have brought the ‘Happy to Chat’ Bench initiative to Laois and Kildare. The concept of this project came from the ‘Happy to Chat...

A terminally ill man was left to die in his Midlands Prison Portlaoise cell due to the lack of an available hospice bed. A report...

The Midlands Prison in Portlaoise is to the fore as the Irish Prison Service has submitted a paper to the World Health Organisation on...

A five-hour hostage situation in the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise recently that was ended after a weapon was exchanged for a bar of chocolate...

We were introduced to Thomas Kearney on Inside Ireland's Biggest Prison: The Lives back in February. An Inmate who featured heavily in Episode 2 of...

We got an insight into the everyday lives in the Midlands Prison, Portlaoise. On Wednesday evening at 9pm on Virgin Media One, a documentary called Inside...

A vile rapist has been thrown into solitary confinement after allegedly threatening to rape a female officer in Midlands Prison Portlaoise - according to...

Three prison officers are recovering from injuries after attacks in the Midlands prison in the last week. All incidents are reported to have taken place...

A convicted murderer attacked five prison officers and stabbed one of them in an incident at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise, according to the...

Drones are being used to ferry drugs into the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise, according to the Irish Daily Star. Michael O'Toole is reporting that the...

Up to 50 inmates smeared human excrement on the walls of their cells and refused to return from the exercise yard in an incident...

Ireland is the first country to implement this programme which has seen the use of cutting weapons in prisoner-on-prisoner assaults decrease from ninety-seven percent...

A convicted paedophile was the victim of a vicious attack in the Midlands Prison Portlaoise, according to the Irish Daily Star. Gardai have launched an...

Prison is a intimidating place to be. Even filming in prison can understandably expose oneself to things they've never seen before. However that is exactly...

An Inmate who featured heavily in Episode 2 of the Virgin Media documentary on Midlands Prison Portlaoise died just nine days after being released. Last...

Tonight Episode 2 of a new documentary on the Midlands Prison Portlaoise aired on Virgin Media One. Inside Ireland’s Biggest Prison: True Lives continued tonight and...

More than 500 prisoners have had to sleep on the floor of cells in the Midlands Prison Portlaoise over the the last three months. The...

On Monday last week, LaoisToday was among the media invited into the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise. We were given exclusive no-holds-bared access to the prison...

Two prisoners in the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise have died in the last ten days, the Irish Examiner reports. According to the paper, suicide is...

Tonight a new documentary on the Midlands Prison Portlaoise aired on TV for the very first time. Inside Ireland’s Biggest Prison: True Lives premiered on...

This is sure to make for fascinating television. What it is like to live and work inside Ireland’s largest prison is set to be brought...

What it is like to live and work inside Ireland's largest prison is set to be brought to our TV screens in the next...

Prison officers in the Midlands Prison are set to be armed with batons and body cameras. According to the Irish Examiner, bosses are considering the...

A sexual assault of a female prison officer and a serious assault of another prison officer at Midlands Prison Portlaoise were highlighted as issues...