Midlands Prison
{{Short description|Irish Prison}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Use Irish English|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox prison
| prison_name = Midlands Prison
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| location = Dublin Road, Portlaoise, County Laois
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| coordinates = {{coord|53|2|13.57|N|7|17|20.9|W|region:IE|display=it}}
| status = Operational
| classification = Medium Security
| capacity = 870
| population = 800
| populationdate = 2021
| opened = 2000
| closed =
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| managed_by = Irish Prison Service
| director =
| governor = Dave Conroy
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| prisoners =
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The Midlands Prison ({{Langx|ga|Príosún Lár na Tíre}}) is a medium security prison in Portlaoise, County Laois. It receives prisoners who are aged 17 years and over. It has a bed capacity of 870 and its daily average number of inmates resident in 2009 was 512.{{cite book|last=Irish Prison Service |title=Annual Report |year=2010 |location=Dublin |pages=10–12 |url=http://www.irishprisons.ie/documents/AnnualReport2009PDF.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501063451/http://www.irishprisons.ie/documents/AnnualReport2009PDF.pdf |archivedate=1 May 2011 }}
History
The Midlands Prison was built adjacent to Portlaoise Prison with which it shares some facilities. It was built as a public-private partnership at a cost of £46 million (Irish pounds). It opened in 2000. It is a committal prison as all prisoners resident have been transferred from other prisons. A very small number of prisoners in the resident population are awaiting trial but the vast majority of prisoners have already been sentenced. It typically receives prisoners with home addresses in counties Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly and Westmeath. As of 2014 they are holding 800 prisoners.{{cite book|last=Irish Prisons Inspectorate|title=Census Prison Population October 2014|year=2014|location=Dublin|pages=1|url=http://www.irishprisons.ie/images/monthlyinfonote/oct_cell_2014.pdf}}
See also
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Category:Buildings and structures in Portlaoise
Category:Prisons in the Republic of Ireland
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