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Ireland

Capital city — Dublin

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

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Introduction

Introduction

Country population

4,000,091

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2019

Type of government

Parliamentary Republic

Human Development Index

0.938

4/188

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