Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Mr. Vivian Geiran:
There are far fewer numbers of women in prison than men. Equally there is a relatively small proportion of women under our supervision in the community but in comparison to the number of crimes being committed by women, the number of women in prison or on probation is disproportionately high. That is what I meant but, as the Deputy correctly said, the absolute numbers are relatively low.
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