Ireland

Capital city — Dublin

Country population
4,904,240
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.942
(3/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.9
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Department of Justice and Equality
Total number of prisoners
4,194
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
84
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.9
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
97 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.6 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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08/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
18.9 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990
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Special populations

Female prisoners

4.6 %

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

0.2 %

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08/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

18.9 %

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1990

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