Doyle, David M and Garrihy, Joe and Cleary, Maria and Murphy, Mairead (2023) Foreign National Prisoners and Religious Practice in Irish Prisons. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 15. pp. 606-612. ISSN 17579619

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Abstract

This policy and practice note will investigate the extent to which Foreign National Prisoners (FNPs) feel that religious expression is respected in Irish prisons and explore the degree to which the Irish Prison Service (IPS) facilitates these prisoners’ religious dietary preferences. Drawing on 82 semi-structured interviews across eight prisons, the findings demonstrate that while the IPS is generally progressive in accommodating FNPs’ religious needs, provision could be improved in certain respects.The policy and practice note briefly concludes that the IPS could potentially draw on some ‘promising practice’ that has been implemented with respect to religious expression and practice in other European prisons.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Foreign National Prisoners; Ireland; practice; prisons; religious dietary preferences; religious expression;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Law
Item ID:	18399
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huad001
Depositing User:	Joe Garrihy
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2024 11:12
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Human Rights Practice
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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