Written answers
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Department of Justice and Equality
Prison Committals
Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of the detention institutions in the Irish Prison Service annual reports of 2011 and 2012 regarding committals in respect of immigration issues; the number of persons detained in each institution; if he will provide a breakdown of the gender and age of persons held under immigration related issues. [4517/14]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that there was 395 and 385 persons committed to custody for immigration related issues in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
The number of persons detained in each institution is set out in a table.
Committal Prison | 2011 | 2012 |
---|---|---|
Castlerea Prison | 3 | 7 |
Cloverhill Remand Prison | 256 | 252 |
Cork Prison | 30 | 22 |
Limerick Prison (Female) | 5 | 7 |
Limerick Prison (Male) | 4 | 4 |
Mountjoy Prison (Female) | 96 | 87 |
Wheatfield Place of Detention | 1 | 6 |
Total | 395 | 385 |
Age | 2011 | 2011 | - | 2012 | 2012 | - |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age Group | Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total |
18 to < 21 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 30 |
21 to < 25 | 14 | 52 | 66 | 10 | 32 | 42 |
25 to < 30 | 31 | 73 | 104 | 18 | 88 | 106 |
30 to < 40 | 33 | 100 | 133 | 32 | 98 | 130 |
40 to < 50 | 11 | 42 | 53 | 19 | 38 | 57 |
50 to < 55 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
55 to < 60 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
60 to < 65 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
65 to < 70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 101 | 294 | 395 | 94 | 291 | 385 |
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