Just 4% of prisoners have registered to vote

NEARLY 200 prisoners have registered to vote in Election 2011, significantly down on the 2007 election.

According to the Irish Prison Service (IPS), 322 prisoners were registered to vote in the 2007 election, representing about 10% of the prison population at that stage (3,359).

The IPS said 191 inmates have registered to vote in this election, comprising just 4% of the total population (4,416 last December).