Foreign nationals and people from non-white ethnic backgrounds are receiving significantly longer prison sentences than their white Irish peers for sexual offences and drug offences, according to new research from the Irish Penal Reform Trust. In response to these findings, Ciara spoke to Teresa Buczkowska, Integration Manager with the Immigrant Council of Ireland.

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