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Ireland

Capital city — Dublin

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Country-profile

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.7 % (144)
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30/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried female prisoners

26.4 % (48)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

14.3 % (26)
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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

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

12 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.

Incarcerated minors

0 %

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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

14.8 % (600)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62.

People serving a life sentence

11.1 % (356)
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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53.
16.5 % (636)
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30/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

3.2 % (129)

(≥ 65 years old)

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42.

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1990