Patrick Costello
Ceist:252. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the average number of prisoners in prison in the State over the past ten years, by prison institution, in tabular form. [8864/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraDáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 February 2022
252. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the average number of prisoners in prison in the State over the past ten years, by prison institution, in tabular form. [8864/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI wish to advise the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service collates and publishes the prisoner population breakdown, including those serving prison sentences, on a daily basis and this information is available on the Irish Prison Service website www.irishprisons.ie.
The average number of prisoners in custody per institution over the past ten years is outlined in the table below.
Daily Average number of prisoners per institution for the period 2012 to 2021
Institution |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Arbour Hill |
146 |
141 |
141 |
138 |
134 |
133 |
136 |
135 |
130 |
125 |
Castlerea |
361 |
354 |
338 |
308 |
293 |
292 |
300 |
306 |
297 |
286 |
Cloverhill |
429 |
402 |
413 |
359 |
382 |
356 |
402 |
400 |
362 |
369 |
Cork |
259 |
231 |
226 |
218 |
253 |
272 |
288 |
291 |
271 |
255 |
Limerick (female) |
28 |
29 |
27 |
24 |
31 |
28 |
33 |
36 |
28 |
28 |
Limerick (male) |
261 |
225 |
223 |
224 |
221 |
211 |
214 |
215 |
206 |
195 |
Loughan House |
104 |
124 |
119 |
116 |
116 |
109 |
110 |
106 |
105 |
95 |
Midlands |
616 |
762 |
823 |
805 |
814 |
818 |
823 |
840 |
814 |
802 |
Mountjoy (female) |
124 |
127 |
123 |
107 |
109 |
116 |
132 |
134 |
120 |
116 |
Mountjoy (male) |
603 |
537 |
556 |
537 |
515 |
563 |
679 |
684 |
667 |
691 |
Portlaoise |
278 |
262 |
246 |
218 |
198 |
221 |
227 |
232 |
225 |
211 |
Shelton Abbey |
102 |
104 |
102 |
101 |
101 |
98 |
97 |
102 |
93 |
96 |
**St. Patricks |
204 |
129 |
11 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
*** Training Unit |
116 |
105 |
89 |
92 |
90 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Wheatfield |
687 |
626 |
478 |
472 |
460 |
438 |
452 |
490 |
505 |
523 |
Total |
4,318 |
4,158 |
3,915 |
3,722 |
3,718 |
3,680 |
3,893 |
3,971 |
3,823 |
3,792 |
*Year 2021 – Figures may be subject to slight change pending the Publication of the Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2021.
**St Patrick’s Institution closed on 07 April 2017
***The Training Unit temporarily closed on 22 May 2017