Cloverhill Prison

Cloverhill Prison

Cloverhill Prison is located on Cloverhill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. It has a bed capacity of 431 and its average daily number of inmates resident in 2009 was 438.[1]

History

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 womens' prison, hold 90 per cent of persons detained under processes of administration detention for immigration related issues.[3]

See Also

  • Prisons in Ireland

Notes