The information requested by the Deputy is out in the table below.
Protection prisoners are those prisoners considered to be under threat or “at risk” in the general population.This may arise as a result of a request from the prisoner or after consideration by prison management.
Location
|
Number of prisoners on protection
|
Number of prisoners on 23 hours lock-up
|
Number of prisoners on 22-23 hours lock-up
|
Number of prisoners on 20-22 hours lock-up
|
Number of prisoners on 18-20 hours lock-up
|
Arbour Hill
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
Castlerea
|
54
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
Cloverhill
|
115
|
14
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
Cork
|
59
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
11
|
Dóchas Centre
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
Limerick
|
46
|
2
|
NIL
|
3
|
41
|
Loughan House
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
Midlands
|
133
|
10
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
Mountjoy
|
118
|
49
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
Portlaoise
|
3
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
St Patrick's Institution
|
55
|
44
|
NIL
|
1
|
NIL
|
Shelton Abbey
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
Training Unit
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
Wheatfield
|
87
|
87
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
Totals
|
670*
|
193
|
NIL
|
4
|
52
|
*421 of the 670 prisoners on protection are not subject to restricted regime and can freely associate with other protection prisoners for lengthy periods of the day. For example, in St Patrick's Institution, 10 of the 55 protection prisoners are not on any form of restricted regime.