| Prison population total | 4,808 |
| Prison population rate (per 100,000) | 90 |
| Number of children separated from | |
| Imprisoned father (1.3 parenting rate) | 5,952.7 |
| Imprisoned mother (1.3 parenting rate) | 297.7 |
| 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. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe.
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 of children living in prison retrieved from Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe.
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.
