Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
3:50 pm
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Let me check if I have those numbers. I have commented on that on a number of occasions, most recently when I launched the new penal policy reform report, which is a very impressive piece of work about the future. At the end of October 2014, 3,775 prisoners were in custody. It is an occupancy level of 92% of the Irish Prison Service capacity of 4,126.
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