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06-18-2004, 01:01 AM
Prisoners in Australia
22/01/2004
PRISONERS
There were 23,555 prisoners in Australia on 30 June 2003, an increase of 5% on the 22,492 prisoners at 30 June 2002. The imprisonment rate of 153 prisoners per 100,000 adult population represents a 3% increase on the rate of 148 prisoners per 100,000 adult population in 2002. The inclusion of work outreach camps and community custody centres in Queensland within the scope of the Prisoner Census in 2003 has partly contributed to this increase in prisoner numbers and the imprisonment rate. (See paragraph 13 of the Explanatory Notes for further information).
Over the past 10 years, the prisoner population has increased by nearly 50%. This increase has exceeded the 15% growth in the Australian adult population, resulting in the adult imprisonment rate increasing from 119 to 153 prisoners per 100,000 adult population between 1993 and 2003.
More information is at:
http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/lookupMF/8D5807D8074A7A5BCA256A6800811054
Indigenous prisoners
At 30 June 2002 there were 4,494 Indigenous prisoners in Australia (20% of the Australian prisoner population) with a national rate of imprisonment for Indigenous persons of about 1,800 per 100,000 adult Indigenous population (table 11.31). Western Australia recorded the highest imprisonment rate (approximately 2,400 Indigenous persons per 100,000 adult Indigenous population) followed by New South Wales (approximately 2,100). Nationally, the Indigenous rate of imprisonment was approximately 15 times that of the non-Indigenous population.
More information is at:
http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/11D3D2AEB026B334CA256DEA00053A79
22/01/2004
PRISONERS
There were 23,555 prisoners in Australia on 30 June 2003, an increase of 5% on the 22,492 prisoners at 30 June 2002. The imprisonment rate of 153 prisoners per 100,000 adult population represents a 3% increase on the rate of 148 prisoners per 100,000 adult population in 2002. The inclusion of work outreach camps and community custody centres in Queensland within the scope of the Prisoner Census in 2003 has partly contributed to this increase in prisoner numbers and the imprisonment rate. (See paragraph 13 of the Explanatory Notes for further information).
Over the past 10 years, the prisoner population has increased by nearly 50%. This increase has exceeded the 15% growth in the Australian adult population, resulting in the adult imprisonment rate increasing from 119 to 153 prisoners per 100,000 adult population between 1993 and 2003.
More information is at:
http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/lookupMF/8D5807D8074A7A5BCA256A6800811054
Indigenous prisoners
At 30 June 2002 there were 4,494 Indigenous prisoners in Australia (20% of the Australian prisoner population) with a national rate of imprisonment for Indigenous persons of about 1,800 per 100,000 adult Indigenous population (table 11.31). Western Australia recorded the highest imprisonment rate (approximately 2,400 Indigenous persons per 100,000 adult Indigenous population) followed by New South Wales (approximately 2,100). Nationally, the Indigenous rate of imprisonment was approximately 15 times that of the non-Indigenous population.
More information is at:
http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/11D3D2AEB026B334CA256DEA00053A79