Overview

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Department of Justice and Equality

Budget of the prison service

440,218,000

EUR

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 33.

Total number of incarcerated people

4,950

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Variation in the number of prisoners

increase

The prison population increased by 11.69% between January 2023 (4,432)1 and May 2024 (4,950).


  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. 

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

6,795

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2023, table 9.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

decrease

The number of persons serving non-custodial sentences decreased by 2.03% between 2022 (6,936)1 and 2023 (6,795).


  1. Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9. 

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

92

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Variation in the incarceration rate

increase

The incarceration rate increased by 7.85% between January 2023 (85.3)1 and May 2024 (92).


  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. 

Number of admissions

7,153

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 23.

Number of releases

6,529

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 26.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

7

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.

Prison density

109.7 %

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Total number of prison facilities

12

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Total official capacity of the prison facilities

4,514

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Number of prison guards (FTE)

2,725

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 1.2

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

572.5

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31/01/2023
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Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

14.3 % (572.5)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.