Selected Articles
Below is a selection of recent articles by Eoin Bassett which are available for download. Please choose from one of the article categories on the right or click on the title of any article below to download a full pdf.
Prison Reform
Bighouse or madhouse?
They were described as "psychiatric waiting rooms" in a major study just a week before the violent death of a Mountjoy prisoner put the spotlight once again on the failings of Irish prisons. With Ireland incarcerating over 300 people a year who have a six-month prevalence of severe and enduring mental illness, Eoin Bassett asks if it is the prisoners or the policy that is mad.
Emergency Services Ireland,September 2006
Unlocking key reform issuesIreland has one of the highest rates of prison entry in Europe and there is now a need to look at alternatives to custodial sentences, according to the Irish Penal Reform Trust. With the Irish Probation Service undergoing an overhaul and new prisons currently being built at Thornton and Spike Island, what does the future hold?