Home : Statistics : 2006
The following is an extract of the Irish Prison Service Annual Report for 2006, which can be downloaded HERE (PDF-1Mb) .
There were 12,157 committals to prison in 2006, comprising 5,642 committals under
sentence, 5,311 committals on remand, 1,196 committals under immigration law and 8
indefinite contempts of court. The 12,157 committals were in relation to 9,700 persons.
Number of committals to prison in 2006
A total of 12,157 committals to prison took place in 2006, compared
with 10,658 in 2005. A person could be included more than once if
committed more than once in the year. This represents an increase
of 14.1 percent over the 2005 and 2004 figures and a return to levels
experienced in the years 2000-2003.
Figure 1: Chart - Committals to Prison 2000 to 2006
The total of 12,157 comprised:
5,642 committals under sentence,
5,311 committals on remand,
1,196 committals under immigration law and
8 indefi nite contempt of court.
Committals were highest in May and lowest in August and averaged
just over one thousand per month (1013).
Number of persons committed to prison in 2006
A total of 9,700 persons accounted for the 12,157 committals. This
fi gure relates to persons newly committed to prison (i.e. not already
on remand or serving another sentence) This represents an increase
of 11.7 percent over the 2005 total of 8686. The average of committals
per person was 1.25 in 2006 compared with 1.23 in 2005.
|
