asked the Minister for Defence (a) the total number of prisoners transferred each year to military custody since 1972; (b) the location from which each was transferred; (c) the average length of sentence of those offenders in military custody each year since 1972; (d) the daily average number of prisoners in military custody each year since 1972; (e) the number of prisoners transferred each year out of military custody to complete their sentences; (f) the number of prisoners transferred out of military custody for release each year; (g) the number of prisoners released directly from military custody each year; and (h) the daily average number of prisoners in the Curragh since January 1980.
Written Answers. - Prisoners in Military Custody.
313.
The information sought by the Deputy in regard to civil prisoners in military custody is contained in the following schedule:
Schedule
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1972 |
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 (to 17 November) |
|
|
(a) Total number of prisoners transferred to military custody |
92 |
59 |
20 |
38 |
38 |
66 |
40 |
40 |
14 |
|
(b) The location from which each prisoner was transferred |
Mountjoy81 |
Mountjoy45 |
Mountjoy17 |
Mountjoy13 |
Mountjoy23 |
Mountjoy28 |
Mountjoy23 |
Mountjoy14 |
Mountjoy4 |
|
Portlaoise11 |
Portlaoise14 |
Portlaoise2 |
Portlaoise18 |
Portlaoise5 |
Portlaoise33 |
Portlaoise13 |
Portlaoise20 |
Portlaoise10 |
|
|
St. Pat's1 |
Limerick6 |
Limerick8 |
Limerick5 |
Limerick4 |
Limerick6 |
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|
Cork1 |
Cork2 |
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(c) Average length of sentence* |
1.6 years |
3.1 years |
4.1 years |
1.9 years |
3.1 years |
5.4 years |
6.0 years |
6.9 years |
7.3 years |
|
(d) and (h) Daily average number of prisoners in military custody |
35 |
39 |
30 |
29 |
25 |
27 |
28 |
23 |
27 |
|
(e) and (f) The number of prisoners trans- ferred from military to civil custody. (My Department's records do not distinguish between prisoners transferred to civil custody (i) to complete their sentences and (ii) for release) |
16 |
45 |
1 |
23 |
23 |
55 |
37 |
27 |
14 |
|
(g) The number of prisoners released directly from military custody |
31 |
28 |
12 |
21 |
19 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
* Calculated by reference to the sentences of the prisoners transferred to military custody each year.