Written answers
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Department of Justice and Equality
Prison Security
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners, in total and in each institution, that are locked up for 23 hours or more in a normal day; for 22 to 23 hours in a normal day; for 20 to 22 hours in a normal day and for 18 to 20 hours in a normal day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14612/13]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is out in the table below.
Protection prisoners are those prisoners considered to be under threat or “at risk” in the general population.This may arise as a result of a request from the prisoner or after consideration by prison management.
Location | Number of prisoners on protection | Number of prisoners on 23 hours lock-up | Number of prisoners on 22-23 hours lock-up | Number of prisoners on 20-22 hours lock-up | Number of prisoners on 18-20 hours lock-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbour Hill | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Castlerea | 54 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Cloverhill | 115 | 14 | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Cork | 59 | NIL | NIL | NIL | 11 |
| Dóchas Centre | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Limerick | 46 | 2 | NIL | 3 | 41 |
| Loughan House | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Midlands | 133 | 10 | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Mountjoy | 118 | 49 | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Portlaoise | 3 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| St Patrick's Institution | 55 | 44 | NIL | 1 | NIL |
| Shelton Abbey | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Training Unit | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Wheatfield | 87 | 87 | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Totals | 670* | 193 | NIL | 4 | 52 |
*421 of the 670 prisoners on protection are not subject to restricted regime and can freely associate with other protection prisoners for lengthy periods of the day. For example, in St Patrick's Institution, 10 of the 55 protection prisoners are not on any form of restricted regime.
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of 17 year olds on protection in St Patrick's Institution, Dublin, that are locked up for 23 hours or more in a normal day; for 22 to 23 hours in a normal day; for 20 to 22 hours in a normal day; for 18 to 20 hours in a normal day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14613/13]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below.
Protection prisoners are those prisoners who would be considered to be under threat or “at risk” in the general population. This may arise as a result of a request from the prisoner or after consideration by Prison management. As of 19 March 2013 there were 3 prisoners aged 17 on protection. The Governor’s primary concern is the safety and welfare of the prisoners in the Institution. Every effort is made to ensure that those prisoners who cannot associate freely with the general prison population have the greatest possible access to services, including education, work and training or access to the gym. I can inform the Deputy that the Governor of St Patrick's Institution has informed me that all prisoners on protection benefit from 1.5 hours of education on a daily basis, they also receive one hour exercise daily. In addition to this they have access to the Gym area twice weekly for an hour at a time. There are no restrictions on the number of visits they receive or the number of phone calls they make. They also have access to the psychology services and drug counsellors on a priority basis.
- | Number of prisoners on protection | Number of prisoners on 23 hours lock-up | Number of prisoners on 22-23 hours lock-up | Number of prisoners on 20-22 hours lock-up | Number of prisoners on 18-20 hours lock-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-year-olds in St Patrick's Institution | 3 | 2 | NIL | 1 | NIL |
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners, in total and in each institution in each prison who have been on protection for extended periods of time, that is, longer than one month, three months, six months and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14614/13]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The material requested will take some time to compile and will be issued to the Deputy as soon as possible.
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