Mountjoy Prison

Mountjoy Prison
	View of the prison from North Circular Road
	Location in Central Dublin
Location	North Circular Road; Phibsborough; Dublin 7; D07 KTC1;
Coordinates	53°21′42″N 06°16′03″W / 53.36167°N 6.26750°W
Status	Operational
Security class	Medium security
Capacity	570
Population	550 (as of 2015)
Opened	1850; 174 years ago
Managed by	Irish Prison Service
Governor	Ray Murtagh

Mountjoy Prison (Irish: Príosún Mhuinseo), founded as Mountjoy Gaol and nicknamed The Joy, is a medium security men's prison located in Phibsborough in the centre of Dublin, Ireland.^[1] The current prison Governor is Ray Murtagh.

^ CPT (2011). Report to the Government of Ireland on the Visit to Ireland Carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment from the 25 January to the 5 February 2010 (PDF). Strasbourg. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[CPT18-1] CPT (2011). Report to the Government of Ireland on the Visit to Ireland Carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment from the 25 January to the 5 February 2010 (PDF). Strasbourg. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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