Adanan, Amina (2024) Access to Justice: Legal Pathways to Justice for the Rights of People in Prison. Project Report. Maynooth University.

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Abstract

Notwithstanding the notable public interest cases that advance the rights of disadvantaged groups in Ireland, and the positive impact that some prison law cases have had, the rights of people in prison remain under litigated. Previous research by IPRT identified that there is a need for an increase in public interest litigation to advance the rights of people in prison in Ireland. Using mixed method research methodologies (doctrinal research and 26 semi-structured interviews), this report identifies and examines the barriers and issues that arise in public interest prison law in order to shed light on this topic and to identify areas for reform. In doing so, the research illustrates a web of inter-connected problems that inhibit prisoner rights issues from being addressed in a legally effective way that protects the rights of those affected. These barriers include, and are not limited to, difficulties in accessing Civil Legal Aid (including operational barriers within the Civil Legal Aid and Legal Aid-Custody Issues Schemes), blocks in accessing legal information and legal representation, the general difficulty in prison law litigation, and deference to State authority.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Keywords:	Access to Justice; Legal Pathways; Justice; Rights; People in Prison;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Law
Item ID:	18941
Depositing User:	Dr Amina Adanan
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2024 08:41
Publisher:	Maynooth University
Funders:	Irish Research Council’s New Foundations Award
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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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