Promoting professionalPrison Practice.
Ireland
Prison Service
National Population:
4 904 226
EuroPris Member:
Yes
Custodial Establishments:
12
Quick Stats
Imprisonment Rate per 100,000:
866
Avg. Prisoner Population:
3 824
Total available prisoner places:
4 375
Official design capacity:
4 375
| Administrative Status | Prison Service |
| EuroPris Member | Yes |
| Country | Ireland |
| National Population | 4 904 226 (as of 01/01/19) |
| National Population Source | http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat |
| Aligment with Ministry of Justice | Department within the Ministry of Justice |
| Operated | civilian |
| Imprisonment Rate per 100,000 population | 866 (as of 01/01/2014) |
| Average prisoner population | 3 824 (as of 04/08/2021) |
| Total available prisoner places | 4 375 (as of 04/08/2021) |
| Official design capacity | 4 375 (as of 04/08/2021) |
| Responsible for young/juvenile offenders | No |
| Minimum age that a young/juvenile offender can be admitted to the prison system | 18 |
| Prisoners over the age of 50 | 343 (as of 04/08/2021) |
| Conditional release or parole system | Yes |
| Life sentences issued in your jurisdiction | Yes |
| Can life sentence prisoners be conditionally released | Yes |
| Does your agency have an automated system for performing sentence calculations | Yes |
| Electronic monitoring solutions (frontdoor) | Yes |
| Agency directly responsible for the healthcare of prisoners | Yes |
| Agency provides the following health intervention programmes |
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Address: IDA Business Park Ballinalee Road , N39 A308 Longford
Telephone: +353 43 333 5100
Website: http://www.irishprisons.ie/
Email: [email protected]
Mrs Caron McCaffrey
Position: Director General
Appointed since: 13/12/2018
