Damien Hernon News Today

The operators of the national facility for the detention of children remanded or sentenced by the courts at Oberstown in Co Dublin is to spend up to €500,000 on a new public relations (PR) contract.

As Australia continues to grapple with ongoing crises in its youth justice systems, this webinar explores the potential lessons our country could learn from international experiences of reform. Over the course of five years, the Oberstown Children Detention Campus in Ireland adopted a Children’s Rights Policy Framework and implemented evidence-based and human-rights-based changes to its structure and operations.

Hiqa report says some interviewees at youth detention centre expressed concerns about staffing and morale levels