| Prison population total | 3,724 |
| Prison population rate (per 100,000) | 74.4 |
| Number of children separated from | |
| Imprisoned father (1.3 parenting rate) | 4,648.8 |
| Imprisoned mother (1.3 parenting rate) | 192.4 |
| Age limit of children living with their parent in penal institutions | 1 year old |
Prison population total and prison rate per 100,000 are retrieved from Aebi, M. F., Cocco, E., Molnar, L. & Tiago, M. M., (2022). SPACE I – 2021 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, Table 7.
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned parent: extrapolation based on Champsaur, P., et al. (2002), L’Histoire familiale des hommes détenus, Paris : INSEE. The study found a parenting rate of 1.3 among male prisoners in France.
Age limit for children living in prisons: retrieved from Citizens Information (https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/).
The following infographic contains information relating to children with imprisoned parents in Ireland. The figures were obtained from the Irish Penal Reform Trust and Irish Prison Service websites.
