Half of prisoners re-offend within a year of release

The Prison Reoffending Statistics publication provides information on the level of recorded re-offending by individuals released from custodial or Fine Sentence sanctions with the Irish Prison Service.

Almost half of prisoners released in 2018 went on to re-offend within a year, the latest data has shown.

According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) prison recidivism rates, 48% released in 2018 committed another offence within 12 months, down from 54% in 2011.