Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 11—Crime and justice 471
11.28 IMPRISONMENT RATE(a)
rate
150
100
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
(a) The data are a snapshot of the prison population as at 30 June each year. The rate is
per 100,000 adult persons.
Source: Australian Prisoners, Australian Institute of Criminology, 1988 to 1993; and
Prisoners in Australia, 1994 to 1999, a report prepared by the ABS.
140
130
120
110
11.29 AVERAGE DAILY PRISONER POPULATION, By Sex—March 2000
Sex NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas. NT
ACT in
NSW(a)
ACT on
remand
NUMBER
Males 6 826 2 880 4 796 1 249 2 754 367 622 129 49 19 543
Females 459 187 342 69 234 24 15 10 6 1 336
Persons 7 285 3 067 5 138 1 318 2 988 391 637 139 55 20 879
RATE PER 100,000 ADULTS
Males 286.2 161.2 361.7 224.2 397.3 211.7 850.8 112.4 42.8 274.9
Females 18.7 10.0 25.4 11.8 33.7 13.3 23.8 8.5 4.8 18.3
Persons 150.3 84.0 192.4 115.7 215.4 109.8 465.1 59.9 23.6 144.8
(a) Prisoners sentenced to full-time custody in the Australian Capital Territory are held in New South Wales prisons and are
included in the New South Wales figures. The Australian Capital Territory in New South Wales figures are a subset of the New
South Wales figures and are not included in the totals for Australia.
Source: Corrective Services, Australia, March Quarter 2000 (4512.0).
Aust.
rate
500
11.30 IMPRISONMENT RATE(a), By State/Territory—March 2000
400
300
200
100
0
NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas. NT ACT Aust.
(a) Rate per 100,000 adult persons.
Source: Corrective Services, Australia, March Quarter 2000 (4512.0).