Age and gender of prisoners

Between 1984 and 2007, the overall imprisonment rate for adult males increased from 170 to 319 per 100,000 of the adult male population per year.
The adult female rate of imprisonment was seven per 100,000 per year in 1984 and 24 per 100,000 per year in 2007.
As in the previous six years, seven percent of prisoners in 2007 were women.
The number of adult male and female prisoners increased by an average of five percent and six percent respectively per annum over the period 1984–2007.
Fifty-seven percent of prisoners in 2007 were known to have served a sentence prior to their current prison term.

Ninety-three percent of prisoners in 2007 were male.
Fifty-seven percent of all prisoners were under 35 years of age.
Of both males and females, 25- to 34-year-olds again had the highest imprisonment rates in 2007 (642 and 54 respectively per 100,000 per year).

Corrections : Prisons (Chapter 6 from Australian crime : facts and figures 2006)

Corrective services, Australia
Australian Bureau of Statistics, quarterly report
Prisoners in Australia
Australian Bureau of Statistics, annual report

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