ACT Indigenous imprisonment rate compared to Australian imprisonment rate

Indigenous Imprisonment Rate in Australian Capital Territory Compared to Australian Average

Source: ABS prisoners in Australia Cat no 4517.0

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

¹ Population on imprisonable age 18 years and over
² From 1984 onwards, the ACT count includes prisoners sentenced by ACT courts but held in NSW prisons. From 2006 excludes breaches of periodic detention orders greater than three months
³ Remanded prisoners only

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.