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Maria Cleary

@mariacleary.bsky.social
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PhD Researcher, Maynooth University | Criminology | Penology | Researching lived experiences of female imprisonment in Ireland

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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
It was great to attend, and present at the Prison Working Group Meeting in Vienna, Austria! I presented initial findings from my ongoing PhD research. I discussed the experiences of prison staff working in Ireland's new female prison, which continues to remain Ireland's most overcrowded prison.
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Kate Gooch and I discussed our work on #prisons, #sound and #violence with Laurie Taylor for "Thinking allowed" - aired tomorrow: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... The wonderful @brisunipress.bsky.social very kindly made a 50% off code (HRR50) to mark it: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/sound-order-...
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BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Prison violence, sound and survival
A prize-winning study of the sounds of prison life, and an exploration of victimisation.
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Daria Przybylska @daria-przblsk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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... Key points:
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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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. #MaynoothCrimCon
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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...
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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 · 30/06/2025
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 · 22/06/2025
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 · 13/06/2025
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 · 11/06/2025
📢 #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-...
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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 · 29/05/2025
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...
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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 · 09/06/2025
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 · 30/05/2025
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 · 02/05/2025
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 · 27/04/2025
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 · 23/04/2025
⏰ 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 · 23/04/2025
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 · 14/04/2025
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 · 31/01/2025
🔔 "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 t.co/5A5DTZmx3O
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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
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 · 08/01/2025
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. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/law/news/cor...
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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 · 05/01/2025
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/... @maynoothuni.bsky.social
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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I am proud to have assisted Joe Garrihy & Ciara Bracken-Roche w/ this report which represents the first Irish empirical research on HEI admissions policies & practices for PWCs. Drawing on narratives of PWCs & HEI staff, 10 recommendations are presented to improve education access for PWCs.
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