Wheatfield Prison

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Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
In use	2019
Irish Prison Service website, "Prisons," https://www.irishprisons.ie/prisons/ (visited 21 August 2019)
In use	2015
Irish Refugee Council. 2015. “Country report: Ireland.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). November 2015. http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/republic-ireland
In use	2013
Brennan, Aisling (Ireland Department of Justice and Equality). 2013. Letter to Lydia Medland (Access Info) responding to joint Access Info-Global Detention Project Questionnaire. 14 October 2013.
Immigration Act 2003 (Removal Places of Detention) Regulations 2005. http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/SI56of2005.pdf/Files/SI56of2005.pdf
Irish Prison Service, "Prisons: Wheatfield," Irish Prison Service, http://www.irishprisons.ie/prisonsItem.asp?prisonID=15 (accessed August 27, 2007).

Typology

GDP facility typology Show sources

Category Filter	Type	Observation date
Criminal	Prison or pretrial detention centre	2013
Irish Prison Service, "Prisons: Wheatfield," Irish Prison Service, http://www.irishprisons.ie/prisonsItem.asp?prisonID=15 (accessed August 27, 2007) (MJ/CF)

Operating Period

Contact Information

City and region

Clondalkin, Dublin

Address & contact

Wheatfield Prison, Cloverhill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Tel: +353 01 6260011

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Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
Irish Prison Service	Governmental	2013
Irish Prison Service webpage. http://www.irishprisons.ie/ (accessed 27 Jan 2010)

Security

Security Regime Show sources

Security Level	Observation date
Secure	2013
Irish Prison Service, "Prisons: Wheatfield," Irish Prison Service, http://www.irishprisons.ie/prisonsItem.asp?prisonID=15 (accessed August 27, 2007) (MJ/CF)

Detention timeframe

Demographics

Demographics Show sources

Name	Observation date
Adult men	2013
Irish Prison Service. Website. Prisons. http://www.irishprisons.ie/prisons-home.htm (accessed 23 February 2010).
Irish Prison Service. Annual Report 2008. http://www.irishprisons.ie/documents/IPSannualreport2008e_000.pdf

Categories of detainees

Name	Observation date
Undocumented migrants (administrative)	2013
Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)	2013

Segregation

Size and population

Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources

Type	Capacity	Observation date
Standard capacity	430	2010
Irish Prison Service. Website. Prisons. http://www.irishprisons.ie/prisons-home.htm (accessed 23 February 2010).
Irish Prison Service. Annual Report 2008. http://www.irishprisons.ie/documents/IPSannualreport2008e_000.pdf

Average daily population Show sources

Number	Observation date
1	2008
Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2008, 14 August 2009, p. 16. http://www.irishprisons.ie/documents/IPSannualreport2008e_000.pdf (accessed 11 Nov 2009)

Conditions

Personnel

Access

Deaths

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Custodial authority

Custodial authority Show sources

Agency	Ministry	Ministry Typology	Observation date
Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service	Department of Justice, Equality, and Law Reform	Justice	2013
Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000075) (accessed 3 Feb 2010)

Ownership

Budgetary information

Area of authority

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