Ms Caron McCaffrey:

We are working with Dr. Ian Marder of Maynooth University on a restorative justice strategy for the Prison Service. We see its applicability not just to victims' issues but also to inter-prisoner conflict or relationship issues that can arise among staff and prisoners. It could potentially be used among staff as well. The Probation Service is doing quite a lot of work on restorative justice within the community sanctions area.