Francis Noel Duffy
Question:97. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Taoiseach the recidivism rates in all Irish prisons. [33913/23]
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The Central Statistics Office compiles official statistics on Prison Reoffending on an annual basis. The CSO does not currently include in its prison reoffending statistics any breakdown of reoffending by prison location because the prison where releases are registered taking place can differ from the prison location where individuals spend the majority of their custodial sentences. The Prison Reoffending publication does provide statistics on the number of individuals that are convicted of reoffending within one and three years of release from custody, classified by both personal and justice related characteristics including offence type, reoffending offence type and dwelling location at the time of their release, as recorded by The Irish Prison Service. Table 1.3 (Prison reoffending, 2019) provides the most recent statistics of the one-year reoffending rates of individuals classified by their county of residence at the time of their release. Statistics of one-year reoffending rates for individuals released from custody in 2020 is scheduled for publication shortly (11th July 2023).
Table 1.3 Individuals released from custody classified by 1-year re-offending indicator and county 1 , 2019
|
Re-offence within one year |
Re-offending2 rate |
|||
|
Regional Authority Area/County |
Yes |
No |
Total |
% |
|
State |
1,794 |
2,232 |
4,026 |
44.6 |
|
Border |
68 |
108 |
176 |
38.6 |
|
Cavan |
19 |
29 |
48 |
39.6 |
|
Donegal |
13 |
28 |
41 |
31.7 |
|
Leitrim |
8 |
8 |
16 |
50.0 |
|
Monaghan |
21 |
19 |
40 |
52.5 |
|
Sligo |
7 |
24 |
31 |
22.6 |
|
Dublin |
627 |
835 |
1,462 |
42.9 |
|
Mid-East |
152 |
244 |
396 |
38.4 |
|
Kildare |
46 |
71 |
117 |
39.3 |
|
Louth |
39 |
51 |
90 |
43.3 |
|
Meath |
34 |
74 |
108 |
31.5 |
|
Wicklow |
33 |
48 |
81 |
40.7 |
|
Midland |
97 |
119 |
216 |
44.9 |
|
Laois |
30 |
45 |
75 |
40.0 |
|
Longford |
23 |
14 |
37 |
62.2 |
|
Offaly |
17 |
24 |
41 |
41.5 |
|
Westmeath |
27 |
36 |
63 |
42.9 |
|
Mid-West |
198 |
204 |
402 |
49.3 |
|
Clare |
41 |
51 |
92 |
44.6 |
|
Limerick |
101 |
104 |
205 |
49.3 |
|
Tipperary |
56 |
49 |
105 |
53.3 |
|
South-East |
134 |
148 |
282 |
47.5 |
|
Carlow |
29 |
28 |
57 |
50.9 |
|
Kilkenny |
22 |
20 |
42 |
52.4 |
|
Waterford |
37 |
37 |
74 |
50.0 |
|
Wexford |
46 |
63 |
109 |
42.2 |
|
South-West |
281 |
255 |
536 |
52.4 |
|
Cork |
234 |
220 |
454 |
51.5 |
|
Kerry |
47 |
35 |
82 |
57.3 |
|
West |
79 |
110 |
189 |
41.8 |
|
Galway |
57 |
71 |
128 |
44.5 |
|
Mayo |
9 |
22 |
31 |
29.0 |
|
Roscommon |
13 |
17 |
30 |
43.3 |
1 Offenders with addresses outside the jurisdiction are not included in this analysis at county or regional level but are included in the state figure.
2 See background notes.