Friday, December 19, 2008

One in three prisoners not Irish

Almost one third of people sent to prison in 2007 were not born in Ireland.

According to the latest report from the Irish Prison Service, more than 11,000 were convicted of an offence last year.

On average there are 3,321 offenders behind bars on any given day, an increase of 4.1%.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1219/prison.html

1 comment:

The Reviewer said...

At €97,700 per year they must be keeping prisoners in five star hotels now.