Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 December 2020

Public Accounts Committee

2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons

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11:30 am

Ms Caron McCaffrey:

As of yesterday we had 3,770 in custody, with 677 people on remand across the prison estate. We have seen an increase in the number of prisoners on remand. Over a three-year period, the number of people on remand has increased by 57%.

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