Written answers
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Prison Committals
8:00 am
M J Nolan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 401: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of individuals in custody in Irish prisons with a breakdown by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2315/07]
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The number of prisoners in prison custody on 26 January 2007 is set out in the table below:
Institution | Number in Custody |
Mountjoy Prison | 471 |
Dóchas Centre | 104* |
St. Patrick's Institution | 190 |
Cork Prison | 259 |
Limerick Prison (Male) | 274 |
Limerick Prison (Female) | 20* |
Castlerea Prison | 228 |
Cloverhill Prison | 397 |
Wheatfield Prison | 371 |
Portlaoise Prison | 122 |
Arbour Hill Prison | 140 |
Training Unit | 85 |
Midlands Prison | 449 |
Loughan House | 77 |
Shelton Abbey | 57 |
Total | 3,244 |
*Female. |
These figures include persons committed to custody on sentences varying from a number of days up to a life sentence. They also include persons in prison custody on foot of a remand or trial warrant or detained on foot of a deportation order. On that date, a total of 561 persons, including 42 female prisoners, were in custody solely on foot of a remand or trial warrant.
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