Written answers
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Department of Justice and Equality
Prisoner Numbers
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for six months, for five months, for four months, for three months, for two months and for one month in 2012; if he will further provide a breakdown of the categories of crime these persons were imprisoned for and a gender breakdown of same. [33680/13]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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In 2012, 11,202 or 83% of all committals under sentence were for sentences of 6 months or less. This category also includes those committed (8,304) as a consequence of the non-payment of a court ordered fine.
A full breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for six months, for five months, for four months, for three months, for two months and for one month in 2012 is set out in the following table. In cases where a person is serving multiple sentences, they are categorised on the basis of their most serious offence.
Female
| Group Name | 1 month | 1 to 2 months | 2 to 3 months | 3 to 4 months | 4 to 5 months | 5 to 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual Offences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Attempts/Threat to Murder, Assaults and Related Offences | 15 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Dangerous or Negligent Acts | 113 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Robbery, Extortion and Hijacking Offences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary and Related Offences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Theft and Related Offences | 99 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 29 |
| Fraud, Deception and Related Offences | 16 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Controlled Drug Offences | 34 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Weapons and Explosives Offences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damage to Property and the Environment | 52 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Public Order and Social Code Offences | 152 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Road and Traffic Offences | 712 | 62 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Offences re Government, Justice Procedures and Organisation of Crime | 229 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Offences Not Elsewhere Classified | 181 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 1,476 | 128 | 104 | 47 | 24 | 60 |
Male
| Group Name | 1 month | 1 to 2 months | 2 to 3 months | 3 to 4 months | 4 to 5 months | 5 to 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual Offences | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Attempts/Threat to Murder, Assaults and Related Offences | 59 | 27 | 44 | 53 | 22 | 48 |
| Dangerous or Negligent Acts | 634 | 66 | 66 | 57 | 47 | 44 |
| Robbery, Extortion and Hijacking Offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Burglary and Related Offences | 19 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 21 | 46 |
| Theft and Related Offences | 226 | 61 | 82 | 77 | 58 | 130 |
| Fraud, Deception and Related Offences | 151 | 35 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 20 |
| Controlled Drug Offences | 342 | 33 | 48 | 25 | 14 | 48 |
| Weapons and Explosives Offences | 37 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 32 |
| Damage to Property and the Environment | 123 | 28 | 37 | 33 | 15 | 47 |
| Public Order and Social Code Offences | 1,145 | 252 | 140 | 32 | 16 | 31 |
| Road and Traffic Offences | 2,375 | 246 | 200 | 102 | 100 | 68 |
| Offences re Government, Justice Procedures and Organisation of Crime | 785 | 41 | 45 | 38 | 12 | 35 |
| Offences Not Elsewhere Classified | 343 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 13 |
| Total | 6,241 | 837 | 767 | 498 | 320 | 572 |
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