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At 30 June 2005 there were 25,353 prisoners (sentenced and unsentenced) in Australian prisons, an increase of 5% (1,182 prisoners) since 30 June 2004.
This represented an imprisonment rate of 163 prisoners per 100,000 of the adult population. Unsentenced prisoners comprised 20% (5,133) of the total prisoner population. Most (60% or 15,308) prisoners had served a sentence in an adult prison prior to the current episode.
Of the total prisoner population, 7% (1,734) were female and 22% (5,656) were Indigenous. The median age of all prisoners was 32 years.
New South Wales held the largest number of prisoners (39% or 9,819), followed by Queensland (21% or 5,354), Victoria (15% or 3,692) and Western Australia (14% or 3,482).
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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2001 Prison Statistics
In September 2000 the total number of people held in NSW prisons (including people sentenced in ACT) was 7370 or 151.4 per 100,000 of the adult population.
BOCSAR Press Release
The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research is a statistical and research agency within the New South Wales Attorney General's Department. It was established in 1969.
AIMS ARE TO:
• identify factors that affect the distribution and frequency of crime;
• identify factors that affect the effectiveness, efficiency or equity of the NSW criminal justice system;
• ensure that information on these factors and on crime and justice trends is available and accessible to our clients.
By meeting these objectives policy makers and administrators in the criminal justice system can develop and implement strategies which reduce crime, and provide a more efficient, effective and equitable justice system.
The Bureau audits the police crime figures by comparing them with insurance claim figures and police emergency calls for service. Trends in these data generally mirror the trends in crime recorded by police on COPS, providing further confirmation that the downward trend in crime is not the result of any failure on the part of police to record crime
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New South Prisons, Detention and Parole Centres |
1996 Map of Prisons, Detention & Parole Centres
NOTE: Map is small - a 29k GIF file, only 600 pixels wide.
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Prison and Crime Statistics |
New South PrisonsCharts from NSW Department of Corrective Services (GIF)
"Inmates Statistics" - July 1995 - June 1996:
* NOTE * charts are wide - 600 pixels, and 25-35k jpeg files (print landscape).
- Daily Average
Number of Inmates in NSW Correctional Centres
1988 - 1996
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Prison and Crime Statistics - Australia
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