Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2002 (PDF-1.4Mb)

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Irish Prison Service,
IDA Business Park, 
Ballinalee Road, Longford,
Co. Longford

Phone:
+353 43 3335100 Fax:
+353 43 3335371

info @ irishprisons.ie

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The following is an extract from the Irish Prison Service Annual Report for 2002 which can be downloaded HERE (PDF-1.4Mb).

Highlights:

• There were 11,860 committals to prison in 2002 which represents a decrease of 2.25% on the year 2001.
• 9,716 persons were sent to prison in 2002 up almost 2% on 2001.
• 21% of the 9,716 persons sent to prison were foreign nationals from a total of 105 different states.
• There were 5,036 committals under sentence in 2002,
  • 67% were in respect of persons aged between 21 and 40 years of age.
  • persons aged 40 and over accounted for 17% of the total committals under sentence .
  • persons under 21 accounted for 16% of committals under sentence, down from 1,226 in 2001to 823 in 2002. This is a reduction of 33% for this age group on the figure for 2001.
  • the daily average number of persons in custody in 2002 was 3,165 an increase of just under 2% over 2001.
  • The average cost of keeping an offender in custody in 2002 was Euro84,750 up Euro5,750 on the equivalent cost in 2001.

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