4517.0 - Prisoners in Australia, 2018

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/12/2018

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Key findings In this issue Overview + Prisoner characteristics, Australia + Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoner characteristics + State and Territory profiles Prisoner numbers up 4 per cent from 2017 (Media Release) + Federal Offender characteristics About this Release History of changes	Contains national information on prisoners who were in custody on 30 June each year. The statistics are derived from information collected by the ABS from corrective services agencies in each state and territory. Details are provided on the number of people in correctional institutions, including the type of prisoner (sentenced prisoners, unsentenced prisoners (remandees) and post-sentence prisoners), imprisonment rates, most serious offence/charge and sentence length. Information is also presented on prisoner characteristics, including age, sex and Indigenous status. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.