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Ireland
Capital city —
Dublin
Country population
4,000,091
i
2019
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
82
i
04/2019
/
ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.938
4/188
i
UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Irish Prison Service
i
ICPR
Total number of prisoners
4,039
i
2019
/
ICPR
Prison density
95.02 %
i
2019
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
i
05/2018
/
ICPR
An NPM has been established
No
i
APT
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4.5 %
i
04/2019
/
ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
i
08/2016
/ World Prison Brief :
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
17.07 %
i
04/2019
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1990
i
PDM
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Country population
4,000,091
i
2019
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.938
4/188
i
UNDP
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