The office of the Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, was first established in Northern Ireland in 2005.
[1] The office's governing statutes are the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004,[2] the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010[3] and the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016[4] The ombudsman's function are to: