1370.0 - Measures of Australia's Progress, 2013  
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Measures of Australia's Progress

Further info for people's rights and responsibilities

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This page contains the following further information for people's rights and responsibilities:
USEFUL LINKS
ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2012 (cat. no. 4517.0)
ABS Corrective Services, Australia, June Quarter 2013 - Updated quarterly (cat. no. 4512.0)
ABS General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 4159.0)
ABS General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2010 (cat. no. 4159.0)
GLOSSARY

Mean/Median sentence and time on remand

Calculations of mean and median sentence lengths and time on remand are affected by the reference period used. For the Prisoner Census, information relates to the characteristics of prisoners at a point in time (the night of 30 June), rather than the total prisoner population during the year. During a year, a large proportion of prisoners who go through the prison system serve short sentences (i.e. less than a year) or are on remand for shorter periods of time, while at any point in time the majority tend to be prisoners serving longer sentences or who have been on remand for long periods of time. The impact of this is that when the total population of prisoners during a year is considered, the large number of short sentences and short periods of time on remand will result in lower mean and median sentence length and time on remand values compared with means and medians calculated from point in time data.
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Access to justice
Freedom of expression



ACCESS TO JUSTICE
Median months on remand for unsentenced prisoners
Progress indicator
Image: Graph - Median months on remand for unsentenced prisoners
Source:
ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2004-2012 (cat. no. 4517.0)

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
People that feel they are able to have a say within community on important issues
Progress indicator
Image: Graph - People that feel they are able to have a say within community on important issues
Source:
ABS General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2006 & 2010 (cat. no. 4159.0)