Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 May 2024
230. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of male and female prisoners in each prison; the number of prison rooms per each prison; and the number occupying each prison room in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [23344/24]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Prison Service that figures in relation to prison and cell occupancy levels are collated by the Irish Prison Service Statistics Unit for publication on its website.
This information is on the Irish Prison Service website, in the Information Centre, under "Statistics and Information" at www.irishprisons.ie.
The information requested by the Deputy on the number of people in custody, prison rooms and occupancy is set out in the below tables.
|
Institution |
Number of Prison Rooms/Cells |
Prison Population on Friday 17th May 2024 |
|
Arbour Hill |
117 |
133 |
|
Cloverhill |
210 |
474 |
|
Castlerea |
214 |
379 |
|
Cork |
163 |
344 |
|
Dochas |
96 |
167 |
|
Limerick (Male) |
285 |
324 |
|
Limerick (Female) |
58 |
70 |
|
Loughan |
114 |
126 |
|
Midlands |
612 |
970 |
|
Mountjoy |
885 |
1,013 |
|
Portlaoise |
300 |
231 |
|
Shelton Abbey |
58 |
107 |
|
Wheatfield |
464 |
622 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
3,576 |
4,960 |
Prison Cell Occupancy
|
1 Person |
2 People |
3 People |
4 or more People |
Date |
|
|
Number of Cells |
1,943 |
1,076 |
132 |
68 |
Jan-24 |
|
2,065 |
898 |
120 |
30 |
Jan-23 |
|
|
2,030 |
729 |
81 |
11 |
Jan-22 |
|
|
2,048 |
708 |
62 |
14 |
Jan-21 |
|
|
2,107 |
717 |
128 |
19 |
Jan-20 |
