1300.1.55.001 - Statistics News NSW (Newsletter), Dec 2004  
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PRISONERS IN AUSTRALIA

Prisoners in Australia, 2004 (cat. no.4517.0) is due for release on the 23 December 2004. This publication provides information about prisoners who were in custody on 30 June each year, derived from information collected by the ABS from corrective services agencies in each state and territory. It presents details of the number of people in correctional institutions including remand; imprisonment rates; most serious offence and sentence length. A range of information is also presented on prisoner characteristics including age, sex, Indigenous status and prisoner type, including all prisoners, sentenced prisoners and unsentenced prisoners. For further information email crime.justice@abs.gov.au or contact Nick Skondreas on (03) 9615 7381.