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Location | Dublin |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | Medium security |
Capacity | 148 |
Opened | 1848 (civilian 1975) |
Managed by | Irish Prison Service |
Governor | Ms. 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.