Arbour Hill Prison

Arbour Hill Prison
Arbour Hill Prison is located in Central Dublin
Arbour Hill Prison
Location in Central Dublin
LocationDublin
StatusOperational
Security classMedium security
Capacity148
Opened1848 (civilian 1975)
Managed byIrish Prison Service
GovernorMs. Claire Hurley

Arbour Hill Prison (Irish: Príosún Chnoc an Arbhair) is a prison located in the Arbour Hill area near Heuston Station in the centre of Dublin, Ireland. The prison is the national centre for male sex offenders.[1]

Adjacent to the prison are the Church of the Sacred Heart, the official church of the Irish Defence Forces, and its cemetery, containing a memorial and burial place of 14 executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.

  1. ^ "Monitoring and treatment of sex offenders in Ireland". Citizens Information. Ireland: Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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