Nearly 400 inmates at large in the last decade never returned to prison

Justice minister Jim O'Callaghan said most instances of inmates recorded as unlawfully at large were 'technical breaches whereby they do not return to the prison on their designated date to sign on.' Picture: iStock 

Nearly 400 prisoners classified as unlawfully at large over the last decade did not return to custody.

It includes 126 people granted temporary release from Irish prisons last year.