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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 incarcerated people

    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 incarcerated w…

    4.5 %
    i
    04/2019
    / ICPR
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    0.2 %
    i
    08/2016
    / World Prison Brief : World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    17.07 %
    i
    04/2019
    / ICPR
  • The 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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