QLD Indigenous imprisonment rate compared to Australian imprisonment rate

QLD

Indigenous Imprisonment Rate in Queensland Compared to Australian Average

  Qld av. Aust av.
1998 1,565.9 1,581.8
1999 1,644.6 1,778.3
2000 1,523.0 1,653.2
2001 1,628.0 1,753.5
2002 1,638.6 1,732.0
2003 1,632.6 1,818.0
2004 1,572.2 1,851.9
2005 1,706.1 2,021.2
2006 1,877.1 2,126.9
2007 1,761.4 2,255.5
2008 1,759.4 2,223.2

Source: ABS prisoners in Australia Cat no 4517.0

Crude adult imprisonment rates comparing QLD Indigenous trends to QLD total and Australian total, per 100,000, 1982-2008¹

 

Total

Indigenous

Non-Indigenous

 

QLD

Aust.

QLD

Aust.

QLD

Aust.

1982

95.4

89.8

-

-

-

-

1983

96.9

91.6

-

-

-

-

1984

104.4

85.6

-

-

-

-

1985

108.4

94.1

-

-

-

-

1986

115

97.6

-

-

-

-

1987

120.3

100.8

-

-

-

-

1988

118.4

100.4

1130.9

1233.9

-

-

1989

115

103.5

1046

1204.7

-

-

1990

107.4

112.2

903.2

1308.4

-

-

1991

95.6

116

672

1122.1

-

-

1992

89.5

118.3

692.4

1112.9

-

-

1993

89

119.2

780.9

1183

-

-

1994

104

125.5

990.2

1340.8

-

-

1995

116.6

127.3

1115.4

1399.2

-

-

1996

139.6

130.9

1397.1

1517.7

-

-

1997

149.2

134.9

1535.9

1572.2

-

-

1998

171.9

141.1

1,565.9

1,581.8

-

-

1999

178.1

150.7

1,644.6

1,778.3

-

-

2000

166.2

149.7

1,523.0

1,653.2

130.1

122.5

2001

164.2

152.5

1,628.0

1,753.5

125.7

122.8

2002

167.2

150.3

1,638.6

1,732.0

128.6

120.4

2003

180.7

154.9

1,632.6

1,818.0

142.6

122.8

2004

177.0

157.1

1,572.2

1,851.9

138.3

124.3

2005

176.7

162.5

1,706.1

2,021.2

134.4

125.3

2006

179.0

163.4

1,877.1

2,126.9

134.0

125.6

2007

174.0

169.4

1,761.4

2,255.5

132.0

129.2

2008

169.2

168.7

1,759.4

2,223.2

126.9

128.6

¹ Population of imprisonable age 18 years and over except for Queensland rates which regard ‘adult' as 17 years and over

Sources: QLD. & Aust. 1982-1997, Carcach, C & Grant, A 1999, 'Imprisonment in Australia: Trends in Prison Populations & Imprisonment Rates 1982-1998,' Australian Institute of Criminology, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No.130, p.3.
QLD. Indigenous and Aust. Indigenous rates 1988-1997, Carcach, C, Grant, A, & Conroy, R 1999, ‘Australian Corrections: The imprisonment of Indigenous people', Australian Institute of Criminology, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No.137, p.2.
QLD., Aust., QLD. Indigenous, Aust. Indigenous & QLD. Non-Indigenous rates 1998-2008, Australian Bureau of Statistics 2008, Prisoners in Australia, Cat. no. 4517.0, DO016_2008, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra.