Training Unit
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  Location in Central Dublin | |
| Location | Phibsborough, Dublin |
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| Coordinates | 53°21′44″N 6°15′57″W / 53.362357°N 6.265941°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Low security |
| Capacity | 96 |
| Population | 112 (as of 2009) |
| Opened | 1974 |
| Managed by | Irish Prison Service |
| Governor | Brian Murphy |
The Training Unit (Irish: Ionad Traenála) is a semi-open, low security prison located on the grounds of the Mountjoy Prison campus in Dublin 7. It receives prisoners eighteen years of age and over and is designed to provide industrial training to inmates prior to the release. It has an official bed capacity of 107 and in 2009 its daily average number of inmates resident was 112.[1]
