Census of Restricted Regime Prisoners January 2019

21st February 2019

The Irish Prison Service Statistics Office has published the Census of Restricted Regimes January 2019. The census contains information on the number of prisoners on a restricted regime, meaning that their out-of-cell time is restricted to five hours or less per day.

At the time of the January census, 570 prisoners in total were subject to a restricted regime, a decrease of 7% from 613 in October 2018. Of this, 38 prisoners were on a 22-hour restricted regime and 2 prisoners were on a 23-hour restricted regime. Key statistics from the census for January 2019:

• 570 prisoners in total were subject to a restricted regime
• 531 (13% of prison population 3,985) prisoners restricted on grounds of order (Rule 63), of which 520 were there of their own request.
• 33 prisoners restricted on grounds of order (Rule 62)
• 6 prisoners were restricted due to medical reasons (Rule 64
• 0 prisoners were restricted due to discipline (Rule 67, Part 3 Prisons Act 2007).

To read the census in full, visit the Irish Prison Service website.  

See more:

• IPRT: ‘Behind the Door’: Solitary Confinement in the Irish Penal System
• Irish Prison Service: Census of Restricted Regimes October 2018
• Irish Prison Service: Policy on the Elimination of Solitary Confinement