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PRISONERS IN AUSTRALIA, 2013 - TASMANIA


TOTAL PRISONER NUMBERS

• In 2013, the overall prison population decreased 2 per cent (11 prisoners) to 483 from 2012.
• The (crude) imprisonment rate decreased from 125 per 100,000 to 122 per 100,000 in 2013.

• In 2013, the male population decreased 1 per cent (6 persons) from 2012.
• In 2013, the female population increased 12 per cent (5 persons) from 2012.

• In 2013, the median age of prisoners in Tasmania was 32.7 years.

• In 2013, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners made up 15 per cent of the prison population.

• In 2013, the five most common offences for Tasmania were:
  • Acts intended to cause injury (22 per cent; 106 persons)
  • Homicide and related offences (15 per cent; 71 persons)
  • Sexual assault and related offences (11 per cent: 51 persons)
  • Unlawful entry with intent (10 per cent; 47 persons)
  • Robbery, extortion and related offences (10 per cent; 47 persons).

• In 2013, the age-standardised imprisonment rate for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander adults was 462 per 100,000 of the relevant population.
• In 2013, the age-standardised imprisonment rate for non-Indigenous adults was 128 per 100,000 of the relevant population.
• In 2013, the age-standardised imprisonment rate for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander adults was 3.6 times that of non-Indigenous adults.

• The median aggregate sentence length for sentenced prisoners was 2.0 years.

• In 2013, unsentenced prisoners comprised 24 per cent of prisoners.
• Median time spent on remand was 1.5 months.

• In 2013, 65 per cent of prisoners had known prior adult imprisonment.

• In 2013, 97 per cent of prisoners were born in Australia, followed by 1 per cent born in the United Kingdom.

• In 2013, Tasmania and Western Australia are the only jurisdictions to show an overall fall in the number of prisoners (2 per cent and 1 per cent respectively).
• In 2013, Northern Territory and Tasmania had the lowest proportions of overseas-born prisoners (both 3 per cent with counts of 49 and 15 respectively).