Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 April 2007
110 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the population held in prison either on remand or serving a sentence; and the same figures for five, ten, fifteen and twenty years previously. [13581/07]
View answerThe following table gives the daily average number of prisoners in custody for the years requested by the Deputy.
|
Year |
Daily average number of prisoners in custody |
|
1987 |
1,943 |
|
1992 |
2,185 |
|
1997 |
2,424 |
|
2002 |
3,165 |
|
2007 to date |
3,238 |
