Ireland · Blacklion
Loughan House
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Background
Loughan House Open Centre (; Irish: Teach an Locháin) is a low-security, open detention centre in Blacklion, County Cavan, Ireland. It was purchased by the Department of Justice in 1972 to be converted to a prison facility. It is low security, and caters for male inmates. Its current governor is Mr Mark Lydon. It is run by the Irish Prison Service.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1972
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Irish Prison Service
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1972
Region
Blacklion
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
--- | --- | | Cork Prison | 97 | | Limerick Prison(Female) | 38 | | Limerick Prison(Male) | 78 | | Loughan House | 7 | | Midlands Prison | 76 | | Mountjoy Prison(Female) | 74 | | Mountjoy Prison(Male) | 138 | | Portlaoise Prison | 3 | | Shelton Abbey Place | 2 | | Training Unit | 2 | | Wheatfield Prison | 53 | | Total | 617 | The commissioning of new male prison in Limerick has recently provided an additional 90 spaces and the female prison accommodation in Limerick Prison will provide 22 additional female cell spaces when it opens in July. In addition, the refurbishment of the Training Unit in Mountjoy last year provided an additional 96 spaces. In respect of Cloverhill Prison the F Block has recently opened to specifically alleviate the overcrowding issue in this location and there are currently 23 prisoners housed in this Block. The need to ensure the continued availability of modern prison facilities with adequate capacity will continue to be central to the work of the Irish Prison Service and will be core to the development of the new Irish Prison Service Capital Plan. The Irish Prison Service intends to seek funding as part of the 2024 Estimates Process for an accelerated capital programme. This programme includes the provision of additional capacity in Cloverhill Prison. e Prison Red Cross Volunteers and is approved by NALA.A new recording studio has been introduced in Loughan House and it is proposed that future communications will be broadcast via the Prisoner TV [...]
Visiting
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Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
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Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 1/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
Reports
- ie-oip1 Jan 2026
--- | --- | | Cork Prison | 97 | | Limerick Prison(Female) | 38 | | Limerick Prison(Male) | 78 | | Loughan House | 7 | | Midlands Prison | 76 | | Mountjoy Prison(Female) | 74 | | Mountjoy Prison(Male) | 138 | | Portlaoise Prison | 3 | | Shelton Abbey Place | 2 | | Training Unit | 2 | | Wheatfield Prison | 53 | | Total | 617 | The commissioning of new male prison in Limerick has recently provided an additional 90 spaces and the female prison accommodation in Limerick Prison will provide 22 additional female cell spaces when it opens in July. In addition, the refurbishment of the Training Unit in Mountjoy last year provided an additional 96 spaces. In respect of Cloverhill Prison the F Block has recently opened to specifically alleviate the overcrowding issue in this location and there are currently 23 prisoners housed in this Block. The need to ensure the continued availability of modern prison facilities with adequate capacity will continue to be central to the work of the Irish Prison Service and will be core to the development of the new Irish Prison Service Capital Plan. The Irish Prison Service intends to seek funding as part of the 2024 Estimates Process for an accelerated capital programme. This programme includes the provision of additional capacity in Cloverhill Prison. e Prison Red Cross Volunteers and is approved by NALA.A new recording studio has been introduced in Loughan House and it is proposed that future communications will be broadcast via the Prisoner TV [...]
Data completeness
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Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q6686143)
- Wikipedia
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