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Thu 10 Oct 2009Number of prison inmates exceeds 4,000 for first time
THE NUMBER of prisoners in Irish jails has passed 4,000 for the first time in the history of the State, new Irish Prison Services figures reveal.
The figure does not include the estimated 500 prisoners on indefinite periods of temporary release in order to ease overcrowding.
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