Pádraig MacLochlainn
Question:210. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who were sentenced to serve time in jail in the years 2012 and 2013 and the durations of same. [31889/14]
View answerWednesday, 16 July 2014
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I can advise the Deputy that detailed statistical information on the committals to prisons are contained in the Irish Prison Service Annual Report for each year. These reports are available on the Irish Prison Service website www.irishprisons.ie.
In 2012, there were 12,991 committals to prison directly under sentence. When an additional 535 prisoners, who were already in custody at the start of the year on remand/trial and who were subsequently were convicted are included, the total number of prisoners who were received on conviction in 2012 was 13,526.
There were 12,011 committals to prison, directly under sentence in 2013. Again, when an additional 478 prisoners, who were already in custody at the start of the year on remand/trial and who were subsequently were convicted are included, the total number of prisoners who were received on conviction in 2013 was 12,498. This represents a decrease of 1,037 or 7.7% on the 2012 figure.
A breakdown by the length of the sentence received is set out in the following table.
|
<3 Mths |
3 to <6 Mths |
6 to <12 Mths |
1 to <2 Yrs |
2 to <3 Yrs |
3 to <5 Yrs |
5 to <10 Yrs |
10+ Yrs |
Life |
Total |
|
|
2013 |
8,663 |
1,422 |
1,097 |
348 |
335 |
398 |
173 |
31 |
22 |
12,489 |
|
2012 |
8,837 |
1,734 |
1,273 |
461 |
447 |
494 |
227 |
31 |
22 |
13,526 |