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Table 1: Overview of prison population between 1970-2006.
Table 2: Breakdown of total committals to prisons and places of detention between 1981 – 2006.
Table 3: Number of committals for non-payment of fines and RTA offences between 1990-2006.
Table 4: Breakdown of sentence length for persons sentenced to imprisonment between 2001-2006.
Table 5: Offence by Sentence Length of Offender 2006.
Table 6: Sentence length for RTA offences and breakdown of committals for RTA offences by age 2001-2006.
Table 7: Number of persons committed to Irish prisons & places of detention between 2001-2006.
Table 8: Age of persons committed to prison & places of detention between 2001-2006.
Table 9: Gender of persons committed to prison & places of detention between 2001-2006.
Table 10: Nationality of persons committed to prison & places of detention between 2001-2006.

Table 8: Age of persons committed to prisons & places of detention 2001-2006.

Year	15 -<17yrs	17-<21yrs	21-<25yrs	25-<30yrs	30-<40yrs	40-<50yrs	<50yrs	Total
2001	126	1,712	2,116	1,992	2,202	889	502	9,539
2002	155	1,702	2,144	1,902	2,323	976	514	9,716
2003	301	1,614	2,148	1,961	2,336	986	468	9,814
2004	139	1,460	1,884	1,803	2,156	945	433	8,820
2005	44	1,229	1,842	1,887	2,256	999	429	8,686
2006	136	1,492	2,013	2,113	2,473	1,038	435	9,700

(Source: Irish Prison Service Annual Reports)

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