Single separation regime at Oberstown to be scrutinised in judicial review
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The holding of children in single separation at Oberstown Children Detention Campus is set to be scrutinised by the Irish courts for the second time in two years.
A 15-year-old boy who alleges that he was unlawfully held in solitary confinement has launched a judicial review in the High Court, The Times reports.
Counsel for the boy have pointed to a ruling by Ms Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh last year in which four young men held at Oberstown were found to have experienced a “limited” breach of their constitutional rights.
In the wake of the 2017 ruling, penal reform campaigners called for the introduction of a legal framework governing the holding of children in single separation.
The latest case will return to the High Court next month.
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