Cloverhill Prison
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| Location | Clondalkin, Dublin 22, Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 53°20′33″N 6°23′03″W / 53.3425°N 6.3842°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium security |
| Capacity | 431 |
| Population | 424 (as of 2022) |
| Opened | 1999 |
| Managed by | Irish Prison Service |
| Governor | Tony Harris |
Cloverhill Prison (Irish: Príosún Chnoc na Seamar) is a remand prison in Dublin, Ireland. It is on Cloverhill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. It has a bed capacity of 431 and its average daily number of inmates in 2022 was 424.[1]
History
[edit]Adjacent to Wheatfield Prison, with which it shares many services, Cloverhill was opened in 1999. It is a purpose-built remand prison and houses most of the remand prisoners in the state.[2]
It and the Dóchas Centre, a women's prison, hold 90 per cent of persons detained under processes of administration detention for immigration related issues.[3]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Irish Prison Service (2022). ANNUAL REPORT 2022 (PDF) (Report). p. 36.
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Inspectorate of Irish Prisons (2006). Cloverhill Prison Inspection: 22nd - 29th November 2005 (PDF). Dublin.
((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Immigration-related detention in Ireland Archived 16 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Cloverhill Prison page on the Irish Prison Service site
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