Ireland

Capital city — Dublin

Country population
4,000,091
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2019
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
82
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04/2019
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Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.938
4/188
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UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
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
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Total number of prison facilities
13
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05/2018
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An NPM has been established
No
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APT
Number and percentage of female prisone…
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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Special populations

Number and percentage of female prisoners

4.5 %

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04/2019

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Incarcerated minors

0.2 %

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08/2016

/ World Prison Brief : World Prison Brief, ICPR

17.07 %

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04/2019

/ ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 1990

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