This week Sarah and Trina chat to John Lonergan or "The man who ran Mountjoy". John joined the prison service in 1968 and served as governor in the JOY or Mountjoy Prison on Dublin's Northside for 26 years, retiring in 2010. He has always argued that there is a direct link between crime and social-economic deprivation and is a believes that the only real long-term solution to poverty is education. He’s never been afraid to speak out against the establishment and is an advocate of the Irish Penal Reform Trust maintaining its imperative that the public should be informed about what's going on with our prison system. In this episode John talks about his life, his work within the prison system and what he's doing now.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Real Lives Untold

John Lonergan

REAL LIVES UNTOLD podcast focuses on allthings crime and human interest. This podcastoffers a space for people to tell their stories, raiseawareness and help others in similar situations.Sarah & Trina O’Connor’s work and lifeexperiences ensure that this podcast iscompelling, sometimes tear jerking but also bringshope, light and laughter to those who participateand those who listen in.Sarah & Trina are both Criminologists - no relationbut relationships matter.Sarah O’Connor, a documentary maker, a veterancrime and courts reporter has covered all themajor crime stories for TV and radio for past 20years.Trina O’Connor is a working communityCriminologist who comes wi...