St. Patrick's Institution,
North Circular Road
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,
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.
History
It was opened in 1956 when inmates from the
borstal
A Borstal was a type of youth detention centre in the United Kingdom, several member states of the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland. In India, such a detention centre is known as a Borstal school.
Borstals were run by HM Prison Service ...
located in
Clonmel,
County Tipperary
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were transferred there. Prior to this, the facility had functioned as the female section of Mountjoy Prison from its opening in 1850. Although situated within the
Mountjoy Prison Complex, it was administered as a completely separate facility. An education unit was built in the last 20 years. In 2002 a new unit to cater for boys aged between fourteen and sixteen years was built but up until 2004 this had not been used.
Abuse
A report on St. Patrick's Institution released on 16 October 2012 found a culture of human rights abuse.
Closure
It was announced on 1 July 2013 that St. Patrick's Institution was to close. On 7 April 2017, the last remaining wing of the Institution was closed.
announces closure of St. Patrick’s Institution
/ref> It has since been amalgamated into the Mountjoy Prison Complex and is known as Mountjoy West.
See also
* Prisons in Ireland
Prisons in Ireland are one of the main forms of punishment, rehabilitation, or both for the commission of an indictable offense and other offenses.
Authority
In 1925, shortly after the establishment of the Irish Free State, Minister for ...
References
Defunct prisons in the Republic of Ireland
Youth detention centers
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