asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who have committed suicide in each of the last 15 years while in custody or while serving a term of imprisonment; and the prisons in which each such incident has occurred.
Written Answers. - Suicide Statistics.
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Limerick East): Suicide verdicts were returned following deaths of six offenders in prisons and places of detention over the past 15 years. Particulars are as follows:
|
Year |
No. |
Prison or Place of detention |
|
1972 |
One |
Mountjoy |
|
1975 |
One |
Mountjoy |
|
1975 |
One |
St. Patrick's |
|
1976 |
One |
Limerick |
|
1981 |
One |
Limerick |
|
1982 |
One |
Mountjoy |
In the same period suicide verdicts were returned following the deaths of seven persons in Garda stations. Particulars are as follows:
|
Year |
No. |
Garda Station |
|
1975 |
One |
Thomastown, Kilkenny |
|
1979 |
One |
Bridewell, Dublin |
|
1979 |
Two |
Rathmines, Dublin |
|
1979 |
One |
Ballymun, Dublin |
|
1979 |
One |
Ballybricken, Waterford |
|
1982 |
One |
Bridewell, Cork |