Cloverhill Prison
{{Short description|Remand prison in Dublin, Ireland}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox prison
| prison_name = Cloverhill Prison
| image =
|pushpin_map = Dublin
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Dublin
| location = Cherry Orchard, Dublin 22, Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|53.3425|N|6.3842|W|region:IE}}
| status = Operational
| classification = Medium security
| capacity = 431
| population = 424
| populationdate = 2022
| opened = 1999
| closed =
| managed_by = Irish Prison Service
| governor = Tony Harris
}}
Cloverhill Prison ({{langx|ga|Príosún Chnoc na Seamar}}) is a remand prison in Dublin, Ireland. It is on Cloverhill Road, Cherry Orchard, Dublin 22. It has a bed capacity of 431 and its average daily number of inmates in 2022 was 424.{{cite report|author=Irish Prison Service|title=ANNUAL REPORT 2022|date=2022|page=36|url=https://www.irishprisons.ie/wp-content/uploads/documents_pdf/IPS-Annual-Report-22_Print-1.pdf}}
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.
{{cite book|last=Inspectorate of Irish Prisons|title=Cloverhill Prison Inspection: 22nd - 29th November 2005|year=2006|location=Dublin|url=http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/JELR/Cloverhill2005.pdf/Files/Cloverhill2005.pdf}}
It and the Dóchas Centre, a women's prison, hold 90 per cent of persons detained under processes of administration detention for immigration related issues.[http://www.detention-in-europe.org/images/stories/detention%20ireland.pdf Immigration-related detention in Ireland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116191803/http://www.detention-in-europe.org/images/stories/detention%20ireland.pdf |date=16 January 2016 }}
See also
Notes
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External links
- [https://www.irishprisons.ie/prison/cloverhill-prison/ Cloverhill Prison page] on the Irish Prison Service site
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Category:Prisons in the Republic of Ireland
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