asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons committed to prisons or places of detention pending trials in courts in the State in 1981.
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Prison Commitals.
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(Limerick East): The number of persons committed to a prison or place of detention awaiting trial in 1981 was 331. In addition 2,775 persons were committed to a prison or place of detention on remand.
This and a considerable amount of other information is available in the Annual Report on Prisons for 1981, which has been published and copies of which are in the Library.