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PRISONERS IN AUSTRALIA, 2013 - NORTHERN TERRITORY


TOTAL PRISONER NUMBERS

• In 2013, the overall prison population increased 2 per cent (25 prisoners) to 1,436 from 2012.
• The (crude) imprisonment rate decreased from 825 per 100,000 to 821 per 100,000 in 2013.

• In 2013, the male population decreased 0.2 per cent (2 persons).
• In 2013, the female population increased 34 per cent (27 persons).

• In 2013, the median age of prisoners in the Northern Territory was 32.6 years.

• In 2013, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners made up 86 per cent of the prison population.

• In 2013, the five most common offences for Northern Territory were:
  • Acts intended to cause injury (50 per cent; 717 persons)
  • Sexual assault and related offences (12 per cent: 169 persons)
  • Homicide and related offences (8 per cent; 114 persons)
  • Offences against justice procedures, government security and government operations (7 per cent; 98 persons)
  • Traffic and vehicle regulatory offences (5 per cent; 74 persons).

• In 2013, the age-standardised imprisonment rate for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander adults was 2,348 per 100,000 of the relevant population.
• In 2013, the age-standardised imprisonment rate for non-indigenous adults was 144 per 100,000 of the relevant population.
• In 2013, the age-standardised imprisonment rate for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander adults was 16.3 times that of non-indigenous adults.

• The median aggregate sentence length for sentenced prisoners was 1.3 years.

• In 2013, unsentenced prisoners comprised 25 per cent of prisoners.
• Median time spent on remand was 1.2 months.

• In 2013, 71 per cent of prisoners had known prior adult imprisonment.

• In 2013, 97 per cent of prisoners were born in Australia.

• In 2013, Northern Territory recorded the highest imprisonment rate at 821 prisoners per 100,000 adult population.
• Northern Territory had the highest proportion of prisoners with a most serious offence/charge of acts intended to cause injury at 50 per cent, more than double the national figure of 20 per cent.