Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
10:00 am
Mr. Michael Donnellan:
We saw a 30% increase between 2007 and 2011 and since then we have seen a decrease. Overall there has been a decrease of about 20% or nearly 1,000 people since that period. There are 3,780 people in prison this morning and we have a capacity of in or around 4,000. We have two figures. Our inspector of prisons set our capacity at 3,982 and we set it just at about 4,000, so we are under capacity.
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