Cloverhill Prison

Cloverhill Prison (Irish: Príosún Chnoc na Seamar) is a remand prison in Dublin, Ireland. It is on Cloverhill Road, Cherry Orchard, Dublin 22. It has a bed capacity of 431 and its average daily number of inmates in 2022 was 424.^[1]

Cloverhill Prison

Location in Dublin
Location	Cherry Orchard, Dublin 22, Ireland
Coordinates	53.3425°N 6.3842°W / 53.3425; -6.3842
Status	Operational
Security class	Medium security
Capacity	431
Population	424 (as of 2022)
Opened	1999
Managed by	Irish Prison Service
Governor	Tony Harris

History

Adjacent to Wheatfield Prison, with which it shares many services, Cloverhill was opened in 1999. It is a purpose-built remand prison and houses most of the remand prisoners in the state.^[2]

It and the Dóchas Centre, a women's prison, hold 90 per cent of persons detained under processes of administration detention for immigration related issues.^[3]

See also

• Prisons in Ireland