Ireland

Capital city — Dublin

Country population
4,994,724
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.955
(2/188)
i
2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.9
i
2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Department of Justice and Equality
Total number of prisoners
4,052
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
81.6
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.3
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
88 %
i
30/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
12
i
2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.7 %
i
30/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
16.5 %
i
30/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

15

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

Data not disclosed

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

37

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

Data not disclosed

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

An NPM has been established

no