CONTENTS

    Introduction
      OVERVIEW
      CHANGES TO OFFENCE CLASSIFICATION
    Prisoner characteristics, Australia
      PRISONER SNAPSHOT
      CHANGES IN THE PRISONER POPULATION
      IMPRISONMENT RATES
      SEX
      AGE
      MOST SERIOUS OFFENCE/CHARGE
      COUNTRY OF BIRTH
      PRIOR IMPRISONMENT
      SENTENCED PRISONERS
      UNSENTENCED PRISONERS
      PERIODIC DETAINEES
    Prisoner characteristics, states and territories
      PRISONER SNAPSHOT
      CHANGES IN THE PRISONER POPULATION
      IMPRISONMENT RATES
      AGE
      MOST SERIOUS OFFENCE/CHARGE
      COUNTRY OF BIRTH
      PRIOR IMPRISONMENT
      SENTENCED PRISONERS
    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoner characteristics
      ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PRISONERS
      IMPRISONMENT RATES
      SEX
      AGE
      MOST SERIOUS OFFENCE/CHARGE
      PRIOR IMPRISONMENT
      SENTENCED PRISONERS
      UNSENTENCED PRISONERS
    Federal offender characteristics