Castlerea Prison
  Location within Ireland | |
| Location |
|
|---|---|
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium security |
| Capacity | 340 |
| Population | 320 (2022) |
| Opened | 1996 |
| Managed by | Irish Prison Service |
| Governor | David Conroy[citation needed] |
Castlerea Prison (Irish: Príosún an Chaisleáin Riabhach) is a closed category, medium-security prison in Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland. It houses men over 17 years of age. As of 2022, it had a bed capacity of 340 and the daily average number of resident inmates was 320.[1]
History
[edit]Castlerea was established as part of the system of district mental hospitals in 1939. It was renamed St. Patrick's Hospital during the 1960s. Operating intermittently as a tuberculosis sanitorium, it continued to function as a hospital until 1994 when it was closed. From 1996 it opened as a prison, accepting a small intake of inmates that year. Construction work on the main cell blocks of the prison was completed in 1998.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Annual Report 2022 (PDF) (Report). Irish Prison Service. 2022. p. 36.
- ↑ Castlerea Prison Inspection: 2nd - 9th June 2004 (PDF). Dublin: Irish Prisons Inspectorate. 2005.
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