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Prison Statistics

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Table 1: Overview of prison population between 1970-2006.
Table 2: Breakdown of total committals to prisons and places of detention between 1981–2006.
Table 3: Number of committals for non-payment of fines and RTA offences between 1990-2006.
Table 4: Breakdown of sentence length for persons sentenced to imprisonment between 2001-2006.
Table 5: Offence by Sentence Length of Offender 2006.
Table 6: Breakdown of sentence length and age for persons sentenced to imprisonment between 2001-2006.
Table 7: Number of persons committed to Irish prisons & places of detention between 2001-2006.
Table 8: Age of persons committed to prison & places of detention between 2001-2006.
Table 9: Gender of persons committed to prison & places of detention between 2001-2006.
Table 10: Nationality of persons committed to prison & places of detention between 2001-2006.

Table 6: Sentence Length: RTA Offences 2001-2006

	<3 months	>3<6 months	>6<12 months	>1<2 years	>2 years	Total
2001	791	336	298	89	39	1,553
2002	734	298	272	80	64	1,448
20031	762	283	313	75	30	1,463
2004	726	361	176	23	10	1,296
2005	714	332	220	67	24	1,357
2006	765	354	244	62	27	1,452

Revised figure quoted in 2004 Irish Prison Service Annual Report

(Source: Irish Prison Service Annual Reports 2001-2006)

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Table 6a: Committals under sentence for RTA Offences by age 2001-2006

	15<17	17<21	21<25	25<30	30<40	40<50	50+	Total
2001	20	387	357	301	310	120	58	1,553
2002	5	245	339	288	345	159	67	1,448
20031	8	250	363	324	306	149	63	1,463
2004	9	169	288	265	319	171	75	1,296
2005	3	176	325	305	311	165	72	1,357
2006	4	210	357	281	343	180	77	1,452

Revised figure quoted in 2004 Irish Prison Service Annual Report

(Source: Irish Prison Service Annual Reports 2001-2006)

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