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As of 2018, the Irish Prison Service oversees 12 facilities with an official capacity of 4,269, and a total population of 3,992, including pretrial detainees. Among all prisoners, 4.6% are female, 16.7% are pretrial detainees, and 1.0% are under the age of 18.
As of February 2021, the prison population in Ireland was 3,729. [12] In December 2020, the incarceration rate was approximately 73 per 100,000 inhabitants. [12] The proportions in the prison population are; 17.6% are pre-trial and remand prisoners, 4.2% are females, 1.0% are under the age of 18, and 13.3% of the prisoners are foreign.
Defunct prisons in the Republic of Ireland (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Prisons in the Republic of Ireland" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The Prison Officers' Association (POA) is a trade union representing prison officers in Ireland. The union was founded in 1947 by prison officers working at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin . Although it gradually established branches at other prisons, progress was slow, and the Mountjoy branch committee continued to run the union's national operation.
The health sector in Ireland makes up the largest part of the Irish public service, with a total staff of 105,885. Health makes up 35% of the total number of workers in the national public service. The Health Service Executive is the largest component of Ireland's health sector, with 67,145 employed as part of it. Health Service Executive: 67,145
The Midlands Prison (Irish: Príosún Lár na Tíre) is a medium security prison in Portlaoise, County Laois.It receives prisoners who are aged 17 years and over. It has a bed capacity of 870 and its daily average number of inmates resident in 2009 was 512.
Loughan House Open Centre (/ l ɒ k ˈ æ n /; [1] Irish: Teach an Locháin) is a low-security, open detention centre in Blacklion, County Cavan, Ireland. It was purchased by the Department of Justice in 1972 to be converted to a prison facility. It is low security, and caters for male inmates. [2] Its current governor is Mr Mark Lydon.
The Dóchas Centre (Irish: lárionad le Dóchas) is a closed, medium security prison, for females aged 18 years and over, located in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, Ireland. It is also the committal prison for females committed on remand or sentenced from all Courts outside the Munster area of Ireland.