The worst Irish prisons for assaults
So far this year, there have been 250 incidents of prisoner on staff and prisoner on prisoner assaults in Irish prisons. Irish news publication The Journal recently revealed the country's most dangerous prisons through figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Statista has charted the figures and the entire feature can be read here.
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This chart shows prisoner on prisoner and prisoner on staff assaults in Irish prisons to August 31 2015.
Prisons with the most assaults on staff in England and Wales in 2018
Number of assault incidents at prisons in England and Wales from 2003 to 2024
Assault rate in female prisons per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2005 to 2018
Number of people in prison per 100,000 inhabitants in the Republic of Ireland from 2010 to 2025
Number of prison assaults where a knife/blade was used in England and Wales from 2005 to 2018
Number of police recorded sexual offences in the Republic of Ireland from 2003 to 2024 (in 1,000s)
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