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A judge said the governor of Dóchas women’s prison “was here to obfuscate” and accused her of colluding with the director of the Irish Prison Service in hiding the reasons behind her policy of temporary release that saw a serial thief serve just three days of a six month sentence.

A woman who tripled the value of her shoplifting while still on bail from a previous conviction was given one more chance in court this week (May 2) when she promised “I’ll never rob again”, but warned she would get “six months or more” if she did.

A judge had such little faith in the prison system’s ability to keep an addict in jail that he refused to convict her despite six guilty pleas of theft committed whilst at large from a previous prison sentnece.

A young mother was jailed for six months on Wednesday (October 1) after pleading guilty to stealing toys, punching a man and obstructing justice by allegedly swallowing drugs in the Garda station.

Two young, heroin-addicted mothers, both attending court from jail, were each given another 22 months for their part in stealing a tea trolley from a train as well as a large number of other thefts each.

A woman described in court as “a career criminal”, who was jailed for nearly two years earlier this month for stealing a tea trolley from a train, got half a chance in her Circuit Court appeal this week (February 24) when she said she wanted to finish her Junior Cert and get a job.