{"id":424863,"date":"2026-04-30T08:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/424863\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:41:13","slug":"overcrowding-in-prisons-across-the-country-allowing-gangs-to-thrive-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/424863\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcrowding in prisons across the country allowing gangs to &#039;thrive&#039; &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE5fU3g3OFIwQnlQekFWX2RNcXd2VjRReFpRSVFYWDNKMkkyQnVqaGxjWTZURDFSalcyalZxa2dWbjVxN1pHZjF5SHZpN0FvQ3FpbWF6b3JBclZzUjdsaExPaG5jbllRdjQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Overcrowding in prisons across the country allowing gangs to &#8216;thrive&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxPN0NGX0FqQnpoYk9oZVU2eEVNMWhzVHpBSnlSbUZpSFp4V0loSHI2SEJaVHVTYzlTSmVDZEsteGxwbTVfOGpZY1A2cVk5T01kdEQ5TG9wWTk4Vy1PUlhRcENMRVNYOVpuNmVpaEtNWWtFRThvR3BCZ1c3cUxfM3U4NWduWm15ekc5emlka1JBd2FmN1ctRXNWdnhjSkpuYlZWbGUxaUpOT25QY2djTTY3eUNqZzAyOU9rQ05HbWRn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prison officers warn chronic overcrowding is making job \u2018truly impossible\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxPWm4zZnJvQWNBUDctamh3ZTNneFZkOTVMamJ3SXZNa05JWE5KS2FsSldZU2RuN0I4T2F2R1JkZlBJSWppRW9LWkVJOHFjMngwS3RLS3RpTkZFdGkwWHdrYV9NRGZUNzBpRG9xSUZxRnlfbGMzWnpRbkplSFpJRTA4aGN4SQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prison conditions, overcrowding a &#8216;national scandal&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTE5sVFlFUE9ZajM2Q0Y1bEZuek8wMkJfaHM4ZGt5MFpKRTJ0d0dTX2ZpMFE3cHFGbHVza2pRdTNmaHVuckNUYUlUbVR0QVA4RkJKdlJrd2Q4bmNMRTdwWUlZMGEyUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Nightmare&#8217; as overcrowded Irish prisons likely to set new record of 6,000 inmates<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7gFBVV95cUxNWkx6QnRFUkJUZ0t3Vmp1RnQ2Wi1GSHpTX1h5eXRWZXkxQzFhZmRiREFjUmIwNnRPLVR0ZzFKTlFVbDc4enl2NlpLNmxlbFRhTV9GQnZ1TDBUcnUtbnU2ZnJ5am11Z0VFZGViQ1U1aWxraFRiRC1RLTVBRWVwWjRGMFhnZ29VVm0wX1VpZXFaRUUwbXltbkpGck9OUy0yUVVQd1dqRGJzNFd2em56MDFobDNGU3gtX216a1laUTF3bnBtOFdTcmJMQzNnRlk5Q1ZWY2pTclFpYkJjdWN3Z05RcGZHRmZkZW0tUWVlTXNn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Overcrowding in jails now a national scandal that\u2019s putting people in danger, prison officers warn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overcrowding in prisons across the country allowing gangs to &#8216;thrive&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalPrison officers warn chronic overcrowding is making job&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,185805,185806,43,185807,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-424863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-irish-prison-officers","tag-irish-prisons","tag-news","tag-poa","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}