Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 May 2022
211. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of inmates currently detained in the Irish Prison Service that are being held purely on remand for between one and two years and two years or more. [22521/22]
View answerI am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that the information requested by the Deputy, as of 2 May 2002, is presented in the following table -
|
Establishment |
1 to 2 Years |
2 Years Plus |
Total |
|
Castlerea Prison |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Cloverhill Remand Prison |
24 |
5 |
29 |
|
Cork Prison |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Limerick Prison* |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
Midlands Prison |
13 |
6 |
19 |
|
Mountjoy Prison* |
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
Portlaoise Prison |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Wheatfield Prison |
7 |
4 |
11 |
|
Total |
55 |
20 |
75 |
*Inclusive of male & female prisoners in both institutions.
