Corrective Services, Australia has new data for the 2017 March quarter in relation to persons in full-time custody and persons in community-based corrections.
Of great interest and concern were statistics involving Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander prisoners.
- The average daily number of ATSI prisoners increased 5% over the quarter and increased 7% over the year.
- ATSI prisoners represent 28% of the total full-time adult prisoner population, whilst accounting for approximately 2% of the total Australian population aged 18 years and over.
- Queensland is one of three states which accounts for nearly three-quarters of the total ATSI prisoner population.
- The average daily number of ATSI persons in community-based corrections increased 9% over the year.
- ATSI persons make up one fifth of the total community-based corrections population of which Queensland has the most number of ATSI persons on community-based corrections.
Please follow the link below to access these statistics.
