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Daria Przybylska @daria-przblsk.bsky.social · Jul 28

What a lovely way to start the week: 🚨 New publication alert! 🚨

My article about the lives of life-sentenced women in the community after release from prison is now available #OpenAccess in Theoretical Criminology: doi.org/10.1177/1362...

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Jul 4

Such a shame our talks were at the same time! I'll make sure to present at ASC 2026 😂

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Jul 3

It was great to chair, & present on a panel - 'Women & Caregivers in Prison' at the North South Irish Criminology Conference with Ine Werckx & Kevin Haggerty!

I discussed my PhD research which explores the lived experiences & cultures characterising Ireland's Female Prisons.

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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · Jul 1

And now it has a cover!!!... Nearer the launch I'll be writing very short synopsis of the dazzling contributions bringing #musicology #sound #SoundArt #Arts #Criminology into conversation with each other: www.bloomsbury.com/us/sound-and...

Sound and Detention

This book tunes in to some of the many ways in which sound-and its absence-can function as a source of connection, isolation, harm, restoration, power, control…

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Jun 30

The PhD Training Day was delivered as part of the CORD Partnership. You can read more about this here: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/cord-partner...

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CORD Partnership delivers training, panel, at national criminology

In June 2025, the Criminal justice Open Research Dialogue (CORD) Partnership coordinated the delivery of two sessions at the North South Criminology Conference. North South is the all-island annual

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Jun 30

Really enjoyed being a part of an Early-Career Researcher Panel at #MaynoothCrimCon PhD Training Day, organised by Dr Ian Marder. I reflected on lessons I have gained from researching & working w/ women & men in prison which will inform my upcoming fieldwork in Ireland's Female Prisons.

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Jun 22

Looking forward to chairing & presenting on the panel 'Women & caregivers in prison' at the North South Irish Criminology Conference on the 24th June, hosted by @maynoothlaw.bsky.social

My presentation will discuss embodiment & the importance of recentring the imprisoned female body in our analyses

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Jun 13

You can access the article here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Foreign national prisoners and language barriers in Irish prisons

This article highlights the language difficulties that permeate almost all aspects of Foreign National Prisoners’ (FNPs) experience in Irish prisons and illustrates the extent to which the inabilit...

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Jun 13

Delighted to see our new article 'Foreign national prisoners and language barriers in Irish Prisons' has been published!

Drawing on 82 interviews conducted with Foreign National Men and Women, we discuss the language difficulties that permeate almost all aspects of FNPs experience in Irish prisons

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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · Jun 11

📢 #Criminology #book discount alert!! #Sound #Order and #Survival in #prison goes paperback in mid-July, and to celebrate the wonderful @brisunipress.bsky.social are cutting the price in half!! Bookmark and check the link next month for your copy!! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/sound-order-...

Sound, Order and Survival in Prison

Sound, Order and Survival in Prison - The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown; The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous...

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louisebrangan.bsky.social @louisebrangan.bsky.social · May 29

New exhibition, LAB gallery, Dublin: What does it mean to know?
Sinead McCann & I have two sculptural pieces. They're about Magdalene Laundries, but not the past. They are about the present, today, us, and the ways we remember (and misremember)the Laundries dublincityartsoffice.ie/programmes-p...

What does it mean to know? | Dublin City Council Arts Office

Magdalene Laundries were once vast islands of abandonment marking our Irish social landscape. They are closed now, but their legacies linger. When the gates were locked for the last time in 1996,...

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Jun 9

Looking forward to chairing & presenting on the panel 'Women & caregivers in prison' at the North South Irish Criminology Conference on the 24th June, hosted by @maynoothlaw.bsky.social

My presentation will discuss embodiment & the importance of recentring the imprisoned female body in our analyses

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · May 30

Grateful to participate in & coordinate the Story Exchange with MU students & men in Wheatfield Prison.

Developing empathy through storytelling was a powerful experience where we could share stories, discover our many similarities, learn from eachother & break barriers formed by prison walls.

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Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology @maynoothlaw.bsky.social · May 2

Maria Cleary,Dr David Doyle & Dr Joe Garrihy have published in European Journal of Criminology – ‘You no have to treat me with your hate’: The needs and experiences of female foreign national prisoners in an Irish prison

See: tinyurl.com/yjtmvzh5

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Apr 27

Enjoying the weather in Cambridge ahead of the PhD Criminology Conference tomorrow, organised by the wonderful @daria-przblsk.bsky.social and the Cambridge Institute of Criminology ☀️

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Daria Przybylska @daria-przblsk.bsky.social · Apr 23

⏰ It's almost time for our PhD conference! ⏰

The programme can now be accessed on our website: sites.google.com/view/phdcrim...

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Apr 23

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Apr 23

Delighted to share the publication of my first lead-author article!

We discuss the needs & experiences of foreign national women in Irish prisons, as their narrative is often missing from research in this area. We also highlight adaptation strategies undertaken in an attempt to navigate prison life

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Apr 14

Great to present at the ESC Prison Working Group Meeting in Timișoara Prison, Romania in a panel on 'Special Populations, Identities & Experiences', w/ @keithadams.bsky.social & @aurore-vdk.bsky.social

My presentation discussed the needs & experiences of foreign national women in prison in Ireland.

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Dr Rachele Girardi @rachelegirardi.bsky.social · Jan 31

🔔 "The ubiquity of gender and the hiddenness of agency: looking inside women’s prisons in England"

In my latest article, I am exploring issues of #gender, space and agency through a document analysis on women's #prisons in England

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Jan 8

The European Society of #Criminology (ESC) Annual Conference 2025 being hosted in Athens 🇬🇷 is now open for:
(A) Delegate registration; and
(B) Call for Papers: Abstract Submissions.
convention2.allacademic.com/one/esc/esc25/

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Jan 8

The CORD Partnership also co-created 'An Agenda for the CORD Partnership 2025-2026' to progress the partnership's goals over the next few years. The agenda outlines five action areas to embed a culture of open research in Irish criminal justice.

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CORD Partnership launches Agenda for 2025-26 and Implementation Group

In January 2025, the Criminal justice Open Research Dialogue (CORD) Partnership published An Agenda for the CORD Partnership, 2025-2026. The 2025-26 Agenda was co-created with dozens of partners in

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Jan 8

Honored to be a co-author of this article with other members of the Criminal justice Open Research Dialogue (CORD) Partnership! The partnership exists to support positive social change by embedding a culture of open research in criminal justice in Ireland.

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CORD Partnership publishes article and working paper on embedding

In December 2024, the Criminal justice Open Research Dialogue (CORD) Partnership published two documents outlining the work undertaken by the group to embed a culture of open research in criminal

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Jan 5

Great to see our research published which represents the first comprehensive investigation of the specific needs & perspectives of 82 Foreign National Prisoners - 69 male & 18 female - in 8 Irish prisons.

You can read here: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · Nov 20

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Dr Joe Garrihy and Dr Ciara Bracken-Roche launch their report "Boxed

Today, Dr Joe Garrihy and Dr Ciara Bracken-Roche launch their report "Boxed Out: Higher Education, Criminal Convictions, and Perceptions of Risk". This work drives sectoral reform and

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