Overview

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Department of Justice and Equality

Total number of prisoners

4,194

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Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

84

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Average length of imprisonment (in months)

5.9

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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119

Prison density

97 %

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Total number of prison facilities

13

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