Written answers
Thursday, 5 April 2007
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Prison Statistics
5:00 pm
Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the population held in prison either on remand or serving a sentence; and the same figures for five, ten, fifteen and twenty years previously. [13581/07]
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The following table gives the daily average number of prisoners in custody for the years requested by the Deputy.
Year | Daily average number of prisoners in custody |
1987 | 1,943 |
1992 | 2,185 |
1997 | 2,424 |
2002 | 3,165 |
2007 to date | 3,238 |
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