Mountjoy Female Prison (Dóchas Centre)
Dublin, Ireland
Overview
Mountjoy Female Prison (Dóchas Centre) is a prison in Dublin. The operator is Irish Prison Service.
Facility details
- Status
- Open
- Facility type
- Prison
- Security classification
- Medium security (closed regime)
- Official description
- Women (18+)
- Jurisdiction
- Irish Prison Service
- Level
- National
- Operator
- Irish Prison Service
- Operator type
- Public
- Address
- North Circular Road, Dublin 7, D07 YC97
- Capacity (official)
- 146
Location
Official source
The details above were checked against the official source below on 2026-10-16. For visiting, contact and current arrangements, use the operator’s official information.
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