INMATES and former prisoners from all over Scotland are expected to demand tens of millions of pounds in damages from the taxpayer, following a landmark ruling yesterday on slopping-out. Did you know ...

A FORMER IRA prisoner has lost a High Court action over alleged violation of his human rights through the continued existence… A FORMER IRA prisoner has lost a High Court action over alleged violation ...

The High Court has ruled the practice of slopping out endured by a prisoner in a shared cell at Mountjoy Prison was in breach of his constitutional right to privacy. However, the court also ruled the ...

A Limerick-based solicitor is preparing to lodge a class action on behalf of hundreds of prisoners and former prisoners who are seeking compensation for having been "dehumanised" by the practice of ...

The Scottish Prison Service is expected to make pay-outs totalling about £500,000 to 300 prisoners forced to slop out while sharing a cell. It has accepted that the practice, used where cells have no ...

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The Supreme Court is hearing an appeal by a former prisoner with important implications for up to 1,000 cases concerning slopping out in prisons. Gary Simpson was subject during eight months ...

A €15m increase in the prisons capital budget will help end the “inhuman and degrading” practice of slopping out at Limerick Prison. After the budget announcement, the Irish Prison Service will now ...

the degrading practice of “slopping out” at Mountjoy prison “has been consigned to history,” the new Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, has declared. With the current closure of D wing at ...