Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
3:00 pm
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The prison system is under total capacity by approximately 200, which is the latest figure. The total figure of 3,671 prisoners were in custody on 8 October 2015. That is an occupancy level of 89% of the IPS bed capacity of 4,126, and 92% of the 3,982 Inspector of Prisons' recommended bed capacity.