Arbour Hill Prison

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Arbour Hill Prison

Location in Central Dublin
Location	Dublin
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.