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
Female prisoners
4.5 %
i
04/2019
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
i
08/2016
/ World Prison Brief : World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
17.07 %
i
04/2019
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1990
i
PDM

+

Country-profile Seen in the press Interviews

Contributor(s)Prison Insider

Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

82

i

04/2019

/ ICPR

Total number of prisoners

4,039

i

2019

/ ICPR

Prison density

95.02 %

i

2019

/ ICPR

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Irish Prison Service

i

Total number of prison facilities

13

i

05/2018

/ ICPR