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Australian crime : facts and figures 2003
Prisons
Prisoners, rate per 100,000 adults, 1984-2002
Sources
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002, Population by age and sex : Australian states and territories 1981 to 2001, cat. no. 3201.0, ABS, Canberra.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 1994-2002, Prisoners in Australia (various issues), cat. no. 4517.0, ABS, Canberra.
- Australian Institute of Criminology, 1982-1993, Australian prisoners, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra.
What this chart shows
- Between 1984 and 2002, the overall imprisonment rate increased from 86 to 148 per 100,000 adult population. The prison population has grown by an average 5% a year since 1984. Rates have remained relatively stable since 1999 following steady increases between 1984 and 1999.
- At 30 June 2002, remanded prisoners (those awaiting trial or sentence), accounted for 20% of the total prisoner population up from 12% in 1984.
- The rate of prisoners who were remanded in custody tripled between 1984 and 2002, from 10 to 29 per 100,000 population.
- The rate of sentenced prisoners dropped from 127 in 1999 to 119 in 2002.