Select Committee on the Increase in Prisoner Population Final Report

SELECT COMMITTEE
Table of Contents
Chair’s Foreword
Executive Summary
Summary of Recommendations
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Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Terms of Reference 1
Interim Report and the Government Response 1
Conduct of the inquiry 1
Scope of this Report 2
Structure of the Report 2
Chapter 2
The NSW Prison System: role of imprisonment; sentencing legislative
framework; and correctional centres. 4
Introduction 4
The Role of Imprisonment 4
Legislative framework for sentencing and imprisonment 6
The Crimes (Sentencing Procedures) Act 6
The Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 7
NSW Correctional Centres and Imprisonment 8
Maximum Security 8
Medium Security 8
Minimum Security 9
Total Capacity of Prison System 10
Geographic Location 10
Conclusion 12
Chapter 3 Size of the prison population 13
Introduction 13
New South Wales 13
Current NSW prison population 13
Rate of increase in NSW prison population 13
Increase in NSW Imprisonment Rate 15
Final Report - November 2001
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