Jim Higgins
Question:344 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost, at the latest available date, of keeping a prisoner in jail. [30445/01]
Written Answers. - Prisoner Costs.
The average cost of keeping an offender for 2000, the most recent year for which figures are available, was £59,570. The cost broken down by institution was as follows:
|
Prison |
Cost of Keeping an Offender, 2000 |
|
Arbour Hill |
£50,200 |
|
Castlerea |
£49,800 |
|
Cork |
£50,100 |
|
Curragh |
£45,600 |
|
Fort Mitchel |
£62,200 |
|
Limerick |
£53,600 |
|
Loughan House |
£42,200 |
|
Mountjoy |
£59,200 |
|
Portlaoise |
£124,300 |
|
Shanganagh Castle |
£81,400 |
|
Shelton Abbey |
£53,300 |
|
St. Patrick's |
£53,000 |
|
Training Unit |
£48,600 |
|
Wheatfield |
£48,300 |
Cloverhill and Midlands Prisons were not fully operational during 2000 and have been excluded from the table. The average cost of keeping an offender is calculated by averaging out the current running costs of the prisons and places of detention against the average number of offenders in those institutions. These items include certain items which are fixed no matter what the number of offenders in custody, e.g. staffing numbers, light and heat.