4517.0 - Prisoners in Australia, 2017 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/12/2017   
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Unsentenced prisoners

At 30 June 2017:

  • Nearly one-third (32%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners were unsentenced (3,581 prisoners). These prisoners accounted for 28% of all unsentenced prisoners nationally.
  • The most common charge for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander unsentenced prisoners was Acts intended to cause injury (47% or 1,677 prisoners), followed by Unlawful entry with intent (11% or 407 prisoners). For non-Indigenous unsentenced prisoners the most common charge was also Acts intended to cause injury (28% or 2,587 prisoners), followed by Illicit drug offences (22% or 2,073 prisoners). (Table 9)
  • The median time spent on remand by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander unsentenced prisoners was 2.7 months, compared to 3.5 months for non-Indigenous unsentenced prisoners. (Table 13)