4517.0 - Prisoners in Australia, 2014 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 11/12/2014   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All

SEX

At 30 June 2014:

    • Nine in ten Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners in Australian prisons were male (90% or 8,357 prisoners). (Table 20)

    • The most common offence/charge for male and female Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners was acts intended to cause injury (35% for both males and females) followed by unlawful entry with intent (16% for males and 14% for females). (Table 4)