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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 February 2022

Thursday, 17 February 2022

Questions (252)

Patrick Costello

Question:

252. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the average number of prisoners in prison in the State over the past ten years, by prison institution, in tabular form. [8864/22]

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I wish to advise the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service collates and publishes the prisoner population breakdown, including those serving prison sentences, on a daily basis and this information is available on the Irish Prison Service website www.irishprisons.ie.

The average number of prisoners in custody per institution over the past ten years is outlined in the table below.

Daily Average number of prisoners per institution for the period 2012 to 2021

Institution

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Arbour Hill

146

141

141

138

134

133

136

135

130

125

Castlerea

361

354

338

308

293

292

300

306

297

286

Cloverhill

429

402

413

359

382

356

402

400

362

369

Cork

259

231

226

218

253

272

288

291

271

255

Limerick (female)

28

29

27

24

31

28

33

36

28

28

Limerick (male)

261

225

223

224

221

211

214

215

206

195

Loughan House

104

124

119

116

116

109

110

106

105

95

Midlands

616

762

823

805

814

818

823

840

814

802

Mountjoy (female)

124

127

123

107

109

116

132

134

120

116

Mountjoy (male)

603

537

556

537

515

563

679

684

667

691

Portlaoise

278

262

246

218

198

221

227

232

225

211

Shelton Abbey

102

104

102

101

101

98

97

102

93

96

**St. Patricks

204

129

11

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

*** Training Unit

116

105

89

92

90

25

0

0

0

0

Wheatfield

687

626

478

472

460

438

452

490

505

523

Total

4,318

4,158

3,915

3,722

3,718

3,680

3,893

3,971

3,823

3,792

*Year 2021 – Figures may be subject to slight change pending the Publication of the Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2021. 

**St Patrick’s Institution closed on 07 April 2017

***The Training Unit temporarily closed on 22 May 2017

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