Gráinne Prior
Co-ordinator
Columba Centre Maynooth
Co. Kildare
Tel: +353 1 5053154
Fax: +353 1 5053156
http://www.catholiccommunications.ie/icpo/
Email:  icpo@iecon.net

Fr. Gerry McFlynn
ICPO, 50-52 Cambden Square
London NW1 9XB
Tel: +44 207-482-4148  Fax: +44 207-482-4815
E-mail: icpolondon@hotmail.com

There are more than 1,200 Irish people in prisons throughout the world.  The ICPO has contact with Irish people in prisons in more than twenty countries, stretching from the English speaking world of the UK, the USA and Australia, to countries such as France, Thailand, Argentina, Egypt and Cuba.

In 1985 the bishops saw that the problems of emigrants who get into trouble with the law require specialised attention.  They decided to set up, as a sub-section of their Emigrants’ Commission, the Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas (ICPO).

The ICPO works for all Irish prisoners wherever they are, and it make no distinction in terms of religious faith, the nature of the prison conviction, or of a prisoner’s status.

The objectives of the ICPO are to:
Identify and respond to the needs of Irish prisoners abroad, and their families.Research and provide relevant information to prisoners on issues such as deportation, repatriation and transfer.
Focus public attention on issues affecting Irish prisoners (ill-treatment, racist abuse, etc)
Engage in practical work in aid of justice and human rights for Irish migrants, refugees and prisoners at an international level.

Staff
Maynooth
Grainne Prior
Kate Jackson
Sr. Anne Sheehy

London
Fr. Gerry McFlynn
Breda Power
Gabriel Payne

Volunteers
Sr. Agnes Hunt
Joan O'Cléirigh
Eileen Boyle
Sr. Maureen McNally
Sr. Cecelia Snape
Fr. Stephen McKenna