
Ireland
Capital city — Dublin
Country population
i2020Type of government
Human Development Index
0.955(2/188)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of incarcerated people
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
i2019/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.Prison density
i30/07/2021Total number of prison facilities
i2021An NPM has been established
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
i30/07/2021Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
i31/01/2020Number and percentage of people awaitin…
i30/07/2021The death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Number and percentage of incarcerated women
3.7 %
(144)
i
30/07/2021
Percentage of untried women in prison
26.4 %
(48)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
Percentage of incarcerated women who are foreign nationals
14.3 %
(26)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
yes, until 1 year old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.
Children
Minimum age of imprisonment for children
12 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.
Number and percentage of incarcerated children
0 %
i
31/01/2020
Foreign nationals
Number and percentage of foreign nationals in prison
14.8 %
(600)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62.
People serving long-term sentences
People serving a life sentence
11.1 %
(356)
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53.
People awaiting trial
Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison
16.5 %
(636)
i
30/07/2021
Elderly people
Number and percentage of incarcerated elderly people
People sentenced to death
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990