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Australian crime : facts and figures 2003
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Indigenous and non-Indigenous prisoners, rate per 100,000 adults, and Indigenous prisoners as a percentage of total prisoners, 1992-2002
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 2003, Population by age and sex : Australian states and territories 1997 to 2002, cat. no. 3201.0, ABS, Canberra.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 1994-2002, Prisoners in Australia (various issues), cat. no. 4517.0, ABS, Canberra.
What this chart shows
- On June 30 2002 the Indigenous imprisonment rate was twelve times higher than the rate for non- Indigenous prisoners, 1,488 per 100,000 Indigenous adult population compared to 121 for non-Indigenous adult population.
- Indigenous prisoners comprised 20% of the total prisoner population in 2002, an increase over 1992 when Indigenous people made up 14% of the prison population.
- Seventy-eight per cent of Indigenous prisoners were known to have previously been in prison.