Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 December 2020

Public Accounts Committee

2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons

11:30 am

Mr. Fergal Black:

There is co-ordination. It would be fair to say that we do not provide post-release work, as a general rule, of psychologists with offenders. However, we work very closely with our colleagues in probation. That kind of co-ordinated approach ensures that for the programmes that are run in the community, say for sex offenders, there is linkage between the individuals, who have engaged in psychology work and probation work in prison, so that continues while they are released. For the transition from custody to community, we are very anxious to ensure that we link people in. Whether it is psychology, mental health or addiction, we have a very clear objective in that regard.

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