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:

The Department is now looking at the whole area of a youth justice policy and the prisons are directly involved in that. What we want to ensure is that we continue to develop bespoke programmes for young offenders and up to 24 years, ideally. That does require an intensification of resources. It does require a changed regime within the prison, and a higher emphasis on family support and education but it is something that we are committed to. I am sure that the Secretary General will say that it is a particular objective that is currently being rolled out by the Department.

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