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The following is an extract from the Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2005 which can be downloaded HERE (PDF-2.5Mb).
COMMITTALS
There was a total of 10,658 committals to prison in 2005, comprising 5,088 committals under sentence,
4,522 committals on remand/for trial, 951 committals under immigration law and 188 other committals.
This represents a largely unchanged position as compared with the previous year when committals totalled 10,657 and included 5,064 committals under sentence.
The 951 committals under immigration law represent a further reduction in such committals as compared with previous years - down 9% on 2004 and down 54% since 2003. These reductions correspond with significant reductions in asylum applications during the period.
Figure 1: Committals to prison, 2000- 2005
PERSONS COMMITTED IN 2005
A total of 8,686 persons accounted for the 10,658 committals to prison in 2005. This represents a decrease
of 134 (1.5%) as compared with 2004, mainly attributable to the fall in the number of persons detained on
immigration matters.
Given the fall in the number of persons sent to prison in 2005 and the virtually identical total number of
committals as compared with 2004, it can be deduced that there was a small increase in the average number of committals per person in 2005.
About 90% (7,780) of persons entering prison in 2005 were male and 10 % (906) were female. In excess of 68% (5,327) of the males and about 73% (657) of the females were aged between 21 and 40 years.
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