He told a conference hosted by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Law Society of Ireland that imprisonment should be reserved for the most serious crimes, mainly those involving violence. He argued that jailing someone for three months for a public order offence was “absurd”, citing the case of a young man jailed for such an offence committed a year earlier when he was homeless and battling for custody of his child. In the interim 12 months, he secured accommodation and got custody of his child, both of which he lost when imprisoned. On release he was homeless again and more angry and frustrated than everirishexaminer/ireland/homeless-too-often-sent-to-prison-291036.html
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 00:43:37 +0000
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