Pa Daly
Question:534. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the current capacity of Loughan House and Shelton Abbey. [31570/20]
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Loughan House and Shelton Abbey are open, low security prisons for adult males who are regarded as requiring low levels of security. I am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that the current bed capacity of Loughan House is 140 and that of Shelton Abbey is 115.
The Irish Prison Service collates daily data, on a prison by prison basis, on the prisoner population. This includes details of the number in custody and bed capacity, both male and female, the number of remands and the number on temporary release.
The Deputy may wish to be aware that the bed capacity for all prisons is included in the Daily Population figures which are published on the website of the Irish Prison Service – www.irishprisons.ie.