Patrick Costello
Question:595. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons on protection in the Irish Prison Service since 2015 to date broken down, by prison and by ethnicity [11654/22]
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Questions (595, 596)
Patrick Costello
Question:596. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who asked to be placed on protection in the Irish Prison Service since 2015 to date, by prison and by ethnicity. [11655/22]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 595 and 596 together.
I wish to advise the Deputy that prisoner safety is paramount to the Irish Prison Service and under Rule 63 of the Prison Rules 2007, a prisoner may, either at his/her own request or when the Governor considers it necessary, in so far as is practicable and subject to the maintenance and good order and safe and secure custody, be kept separate from other prisoners who are reasonably likely to cause significant harm to him/her.
Further, under Rule 62 of the Prison Rules, the Governor may decide for the maintenance of good order in the prison, to remove a prisoner from general association or structured activity to reduce the negative effect that that prisoner may have on the general population.
The Irish Prison Service record and publish the number of persons on protection on a quarterly basis, this information is available on the Irish Prison Service website www.irishprisons.ie, under Information Centre – Statistics & Information – Census Reports.
The Irish Prison Service does not record protection prisoners by ethnicity.
Question No. 596 answered with Question No. 595.