Research suggests foreign nationals receive longer sentences for drugs offences
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Foreign nationals receive longer prison services for drug offences than Irish nationals, according to researchers at University College Dublin.
A new report by researchers Avril Brandon and Michael O’Connell reveals that foreign nationals’ sentences for possession of drugs for sale/supply worth less than €13,000 were an average of 11 months longer than Irish nationals, the Irish Examiner reports.
Their report states that the findings “suggest that bias is occurring within the criminal justice system and warrants further examination”.
The research was based on an examination of all cases that resulted in imprisonment in a consecutive 12-month period between 2015-17.
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