Crime stats show most NT prisoners indigenous
Aboriginal people still make up about three quarters of the Territory's prison population, latest crime statistics reveal.
Out of a daily average of 748 people in prison between October and December last year, 572 were indigenous.
The majority - 560 - was male.
Over the same period, a daily average of 18 juveniles, all of them male, were held in detention.
Of these, 16 were indigenous.
The juvenile detention rate was the highest since the September quarter 2003, when a daily average of 22 juveniles were in detention.
Newshawk: http://www.napnt.org
Pubdate: Tue, 29 Mar 2005
Source: Northern Territory News
Copyright: 2005 Northern Territory News
Email: ntnmail@ntn.newsltd.com.au
Website: http://www.ntnews.com.au
1 Comments:
You can see all the latest stats on incarceration in Australia at:
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4512.0
The Northern Territory still has the highest incarceration rate by far... on a par with Texas.
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