• Summary
• Downloads
• Explanatory Notes
• Related Information
• Past Releases

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Snapshot

At 30 June 2014:

• The number of adult prisoners in Australian Capital Territory prisons was 392, an increase of 11% (39 prisoners) from 2013. This was the highest number of prisoners since 2004. (Table 14)


• The adult imprisonment rate was 130.4 prisoners per 100,000 adult population, an increase from 118.3 prisoners per 100,000 adult population in 2013. This was the highest imprisonment rate since 2004. (Table 18)


• Three-quarters of prisoners (76% or 300 prisoners) had been imprisoned under sentence previously. (Table 13)


• The most common offence/charge for which prisoners were in custody was acts intended to cause injury (26% or 103 prisoners), followed by offences against justice procedures, government security and operations (14% or 53 prisoners) and sexual assault (9% or 37 prisoners). (Table 15)

At 30 June 2014:

• Males comprised 94% (368 prisoners) of the total prisoner population. (Table 13)


• Since 30 June 2013, the male imprisonment rate increased from 229.6 to 248.5 prisoners per 100,000 male adult population. This was the highest male imprisonment rate since 2004. (Table 14)


• For the same period, the female imprisonment rate increased from 9.9 to 15.7 prisoners per 100,000 female adult population. (Table 14)

At 30 June 2014:

• The median age of adult prisoners was 31.9 years of age. (Table 13)


• The proportion of adult prisoners aged under 25 years was 17% (69 prisoners). (Table 20)

At 30 June 2014:

• Overseas-born prisoners accounted for 16% (60 prisoners) of the adult prisoner population. (Table 21)


• The largest proportion of overseas-born prisoners was from New Zealand (9 prisoners or 15% of overseas-born prisoners) followed by Lebanon (7 prisoners or 12% of overseas-born prisoners). (Table 21)

At 30 June 2014:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders comprised 16% (63 prisoners) of the adult prisoner population. (Table 13)


• The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander age standardised imprisonment rate was 12 times the non-indigenous age standardised imprisonment rate (1,219.7 prisoners per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adult population compared to 104.2 prisoners per 100,000 adult non-indigenous population). (Table 17)

At 30 June 2014:

• Unsentenced prisoners comprised 22% (88 prisoners) of the adult prisoner population. (Table 13)


• The median time spent on remand by unsentenced prisoners in custody was 2.7 months. Time on remand as reported in the Prisoner Census is time spent on remand as at 30 June 2014, and not the total time on remand. Time on remand is influenced by a number of factors, particularly the time it takes for a case to come before a court. (Table 30)


• The median aggregate sentence length of sentenced prisoners was 3.0 years. (Table 24)

At 30 June 2014, of all states and territories:

• The Australian Capital Territory had the highest proportion of prisoners with prior imprisonment (77% or 300 prisoners). (Table 13)


• The Australian Capital Territory had the lowest imprisonment rate for females (15.7 prisoners per 100,000 female adult population). (Table 16)


• The median age of male adult prisoners was lowest for the Australian Capital Territory (31.7 years). (Table 13)