Pádraig MacLochlainn
Question:206. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were sentenced to jail time in the years 2011 and 2012 and the durations of same. [24719/13]
View answerWednesday, 22 May 2013
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I can advise the Deputy that there were 13,526 committals under sentence to prison in 2012 compared with 12,990 in 2011. The table below shows the sentence length of those committed under sentence in 2012 and 2011.
|
Sentence Length |
2012 |
2011 |
|
<3 Months |
8,837 |
8,070 |
|
3 to <6 Months |
1,734 |
1,786 |
|
6 to <12 Months |
1,273 |
1,358 |
|
1 to <2 Years |
461 |
636 |
|
2 to <3 Years |
447 |
380 |
|
3 to <5 Years |
494 |
472 |
|
5 to <10 Years |
227 |
227 |
|
10+ Years |
31 |
39 |
|
Life |
22 |
22 |
|
Total |
13,526 |
12,990 |