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The jail's potential function as a location of national memory was also undercut and complicated by the fact that the first four Republican prisoners executed by the Free State government during the Irish Civil War were shot in the prison yard. [7] The Irish Prison Board contemplated reopening it as a prison during the 1920s but all such plans ...
Mountjoy Prison (Irish: Príosún Mhuinseo), founded as Mountjoy Gaol and nicknamed The Joy, is a medium security men's prison located in Phibsborough in the centre of Dublin, Ireland. [1] The current prison Governor is Ray Murtagh.
In 2009 there were 15,425 committals to prisons in Ireland, which is an increase of 13.8% on 2008 when the equivalent figure was 13,557. 12,339 individuals accounted for all the committals in 2009. 10,865 committals to prisons in 2009 followed sentencing.
The Dóchas Centre (Irish: lárionad le Dóchas) is a closed, medium security prison, for females aged 18 years and over, located in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, Ireland. It is also the committal prison for females committed on remand or sentenced from all Courts outside the Munster area of Ireland. [1] Dóchas is one of two women's prisons in ...
Arbour Hill Prison with Church of the Sacred Heart in the distance. The prison is located on Arbour Hill at the rear of the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks, Dublin 7. The area is also the site of the Arbour Hill Military Barracks. Bus Route(s): Nos. 37, 39, 70 from the city centre.
St. Patrick's Institution, North Circular Road, Dublin 7, was an Irish penal facility for 16- to 21-year-old males. It had a capacity of 217 beds and had an average inmate population of 221 in 2009. It was a closed, medium security prison.
Many Indian Independence activists were kept in this prison by the British during the British Raj in India. Clink, The: London London Borough of Southwark: United Kingdom Prison Cork City Gaol: Cork: County Cork: Ireland: Prison Crumlin Road (HM Prison) Belfast: Northern Ireland: United Kingdom Prison Daviess County Rotary Jail and Sheriff's ...
An early reference for the prison can be found in the burial register for St Audoen's Church of Ireland, Dublin - 'Dec 28 1677 Mr Lawrence Allen prisoner black dog buried'. One section of the prison was called the "nunnery" because it was used to hold prostitutes who had been captured by the parish watch. [4]