STATISTICS
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Figure 1: Chart - Committals to Prison 2001 to 2008
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| Table 1 - Trends in Prison Occupation 1997 - 2008 |
| Year |
Total annual commital figure |
Daily average number of persons in custody |
| 2008 |
13,557 |
3,544 |
| 2007 |
11,934 |
3,321 |
| 2006 |
12,157 |
3,191 |
| 2005 |
10,658 |
3,151 |
| 2004 |
10,657 |
3,199 |
| 2003 |
11,775 |
3,176 |
| 2002 |
11,860 |
3,165 |
| 2001 |
12,127 |
3,112 |
| 2000 |
11,626 |
2,948 |
| 1999 |
10,834 |
2,871 |
| 1998 |
11,307 |
2,610 |
| 1997 |
11,429 |
2,422 |
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| Table 2 - Daily average number of prisoners by instution 2000 - 2008 |
|
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Arbour Hill |
139 |
135 |
137 |
138 |
138 |
138 |
139 |
138 |
146 |
| Caslerea |
190 |
186 |
193 |
195 |
210 |
212 |
207 |
230 |
232 |
| Cloverhill |
213 |
374 |
386 |
375 |
392 |
395 |
433 |
418 |
441 |
| Cork |
267 |
274 |
267 |
268 |
274 |
283 |
255 |
264 |
276 |
| Curragh |
94 |
89 |
92 |
98 |
8** |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Dochas Centre |
59 |
82 |
88 |
81 |
84 |
103 |
85 |
92 |
104 |
| Fort Mitchel |
89 |
82 |
84 |
94 |
6** |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Limerick (male) |
225 |
171 |
171 |
169 |
247 |
258 |
274 |
277 |
284 |
| Limerick (female) |
13 |
14 |
16 |
16 |
13 |
21 |
20 |
19 |
20 |
| Loughan House |
66 |
72 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
81 |
110 |
87 |
114 |
| Midlands |
- |
241 |
375 |
384 |
439 |
433 |
447 |
442 |
463 |
| Mountjoy |
723 |
504 |
441 |
460 |
485 |
534 |
457 |
518 |
588 |
| Portlaoise |
167 |
145 |
137 |
128 |
123 |
122 |
188 |
117 |
107 |
| Shanganagh Castle |
28 |
27 |
23* |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Shelton Abbey |
25 |
27 |
47 |
50 |
49 |
72 |
58 |
55 |
77 |
| St. Patrick's Instution |
193 |
206 |
179 |
188 |
198 |
195 |
217 |
197 |
207 |
| Training Unit |
89 |
89 |
91 |
86 |
87 |
100 |
96 |
91 |
97 |
| Wheatfield |
368 |
372 |
368 |
375 |
374 |
368 |
370 |
376 |
388 |
| TOTAL : |
2,948 |
3,112 |
3,165 |
3,176 |
3,199 |
3315 |
3356 |
3321 |
3544 |
* Shanganagh Castle was closed as a place of detention on the 20th December 2002
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