Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 December 2022
495. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners on remand currently; the extent to which this number has fluctuated over the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60972/22]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, Prison Governors are, by law, required to admit into custody all prisoners committed to prison by the Courts. The Irish Prison Service therefore has no control over the numbers committed to custody in any given year.
The number of prisoners in custody on trial/remand by month is provided in the table below. The daily average number of persons in custody on trial/remand was consistently higher from January to November 2022, when compared with the same period for 2021.
In November 2022, the daily average number of persons in custody on trial/remand was 12.6% (+103) higher than that in November 2021.
Number of prisoners in custody on trial/remand and percentage increase/decrease
|
Month |
Year 2021 |
Year 2022 |
% (-/+) |
|
January |
666 |
785 |
17.87 |
|
February |
711 |
834 |
17.30 |
|
March |
682 |
817 |
19.79 |
|
April |
682 |
883 |
29.51 |
|
May |
670 |
897 |
33.88 |
|
June |
683 |
893 |
30.68 |
|
July |
658 |
870 |
32.18 |
|
August |
687 |
868 |
26.41 |
|
September |
747 |
935 |
25.23 |
|
October |
781 |
946 |
21.08 |
|
November |
815 |
918 |
12.64 |
|
December |
764 |
|
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