Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 28 Jun 2000

Vol. 522 No. 3

Written Answers. - Prison Accommodation.

Noel Ahern

Ceist:

221 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers of prison places in the State for each of the past ten years judged by capacity or numbers held; and the plans for the next few years in relation to provision of extra spaces. [18760/00]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. O'Donoghue):

The information required by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

Prison Spaces 1990-1999

	'90	'91	'92	'93	'94	'95	'96	'97	'98	'99
Prison
Arbour Hill Prison	141	141	141	141	141	130	130	142	141	141
Castlerea Prison									152	152
Cork Prison	250	250	250	254	254	250	260	270	270	270
Cork Prison – Juvenile Unit
Curragh Prison								65	94	94
Cloverhill Remand Prison										400
Fort Mitchell Prison	98	102	102	102	102	102	102	102	102	102
Limerick Prison (M)	117	118	118	87	87	87	87	93	147	147
Limerick Prison (F)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Limerick Prison – Half Way House
Loughan House	115	110	110	110	102	93	89	85	85	85
Midlands Prison
Midlands Prison – Extension
Mountjoy Prison (M)	581	557	592	592	633	651	603	658	659	659
Mountjoy Prison (F)	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	80
Portlaoise Prison	238	238	238	238	235	235	235	235	235	235
Shanganagh Castle	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60
Shelton Abbey	60	60	60	60	60	56	58	58	58	58
St Patrick's Institution	135	200	145	123	123	167	200	167	167	243
Training Unit	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96
Wheatfield Place of Detention	324	324	324	324	324	324	324	364	364	364
Total	2,302	2,343	2,322	2,273	2,303	2,337	2,330	2,481	2,716	3,196

Prison Spaces 2000-2004

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Prison
Arbour Hill Prison	141	141	141	141	141
Castlerea Prison	152	152	152	302	302
Cork Prison	270	270	270	300	300
Cork Prison – Juvenile Unit				50	50
Curragh Prison	94	94	94	94	94
Cloverhill Remand Prison	400	400	400	400	400
Fort Mitchell	102	102	102	102	102
Limerick Prison (M)	147	136	213	224	224
Limerick Prison (F)	10	11	11	20	20
Limerick Prison – Half Way House				20	20
Loughan House	85	85	85	85	85
Midlands Prison	515	515	515	515	515
Mountjoy Prison (M)	659	500	500	500	500
Mountjoy Prison (F)	80	80	80	80	80
Portlaoise Prison	235	235	235	259	259
Shanganagh Castle	60	60	60	60	60

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	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Shelton Abbey	58	29	58	58	58
St Patrick's Institution	243	200	200	240	240
Training Unit	96	96	96	96	96
Wheatfield Place of Detention	364	364	364	364	364
Dublin Area Male Juvenile Unit					90
Dublin Area Female Juvenile Unit				20	20
Dublin Area Closed Facility					240
Total	3,711	3,470	3,576	3,930	4,260