Investigations & Analysis - Northern Ireland from The Detail

Latest Article Calls for action against incitement to hatred in Northern Ireland

Featured Investigation Solitary confinement

United Nations criticises long-term solitary confinement of prisoners in the Republic of Ireland

Major concerns over long-term solitary confinement in Northern Ireland prisons

Featured Investigation Steven Colwell

Police officer involved in fatal shooting should be named says family

Steven Colwell killing: where’s the accountability?

Why did it take the Police Ombudsman six years to report on a PSNI killing?

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Featured Investigation Frances McKeown

Claims against prison service include one alleged "sexual" incident

Another failure by a system "not fit for purpose"

Victimised after witnessing prison officer kissing female inmate

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Featured Investigation Prisons

“When I hear about another death in Maghaberry, my stomach just turns”

Temporary release inmates account for nearly a third of all prison deaths in the Republic of Ireland

Call for ‘Hillsborough-style’ inquiry into prison deaths in Northern Ireland

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Featured Investigation Youth justice

Self-harming increase in Juvenile Justice Centre

Children missing from care

Prosecutors criticise PSNI’s use of ‘speedy justice’

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Personal campaigns Getting Justice

How a husband and father-to-be saw his dreams for the future destroyed

A mother and baby die during labour – but have the lessons been learned?

Putting violent partners in the dock

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Featured Article Eyes in the sky: drone use in Northern Ireland

WIDE-RANGING information on how police have been using controversial surveillance drone technology in Northern Ireland can be revealed by The Detail today for the first time.

Fact file: Stephen Carroll Murder

Police called to give evidence in witness bugging case

CJI inspection of corporate governance of Public Prosecution Service

Shivers acquitted of Massereene murders after DNA evidence called into question

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Calls for action against incitement to hatred in Northern Ireland

New prison drug data raises questions on both sides of the Irish border

Confusion over status of drug abuse strategy for Northern Ireland jails

Maghaberry prison most afflicted by drug misuse

Sex offender programme linked to reoffending is withdrawn from Northern Ireland prisons

Belfast law firm to challenge Irish government over inquiries into suspicious deaths