Richard Bruton
Question:351 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the costings for the running of the prison service, distinguishing between the cost per place of high security and low security prisons. [18960/02]
Written Answers. - Prisons Service.
The average cost of keeping an offender for the calendar year 2001 was estimated at €79,000. The breakdown by institution is as follows:
|
Prison |
Cost of Keeping anOffender, 2001 |
|
Arbour Hill |
€ 67,300 |
|
Castlerea |
€ 66,700 |
|
Cork |
€ 65,800 |
|
Cloverhill |
€ 63,100 |
|
Curragh |
€ 60,700 |
|
Fort Mitchel |
€ 83,300 |
|
Limerick |
€ 83,500 |
|
Loughan House |
€ 58,600 |
|
Mountjoy |
€ 84,300 |
|
Portlaoise |
€ 177,400 |
|
Shanganagh Castle |
€ 127,000 |
|
Shelton Abbey |
€ 118,600 |
|
St. Patrick's |
€ 69,400 |
|
Training Unit |
€ 61,500 |
|
Wheatfield |
€ 64,400 |
The Midlands Prison was not fully operational during 2001 and has been excluded from the institution 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 costs include certain items which are fixed no matter what the number of offenders in custody, for example, staffing numbers, utilities, etc.