MOST SERIOUS OFFENCE/CHARGE
One third (33% or 2,496) of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners were sentenced/charged for acts intended to cause injury, and a further 15% (1,125) for unlawful entry with intent. Acts intended to cause injury was also the offence category that accounted for the highest proportion of non-Indigenous prisoners (15% or 3,275), followed by illicit drug offences (14% or 3,020). (Table 4.1)
Proportion of prisoners, Indigenous status, by selected most serious offence/charge