Criminal Justice in Australia
Despite the continued efforts of Australia’s correctional institutions, there continues to be alarming statistics across the country for many aspects of criminal justice. A few of these have been listed below.
¹Data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reports on Crime and Justice.
²Data sourced from the Productivity Commission research paper Australia’s Prison Dilema
³Data sourced from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports on Youth Justice.
We are deeply saddened by these statistics which highlight the challenge that Australia currently faces. Our goal is to deliver permanent changes to the criminal justice system that help support the rehabilitative process. This includes preventing our vulnerable individuals from entering the correctional system whilst simultaneously supporting those individuals who have already entered the system. We look forward to seeing these statistics change as we support Australia moving towards a more sustainable criminal justice system.
- On average, there are over 42,000 individuals in custody across Australia on any given day. This is an increase of 46%, or 14,000 individuals, over the last 10 years.¹
- With a cost of over $300 per day per person, Australia is spending over $5 billion per year on corrective services.²
- Almost 50% of released prisoners will return to corrective services within the first two years after their release.²
- Indigenous Australians make up 3% of Australia’s population, yet make up almost 30% of the incarcerated population.¹
- 80% of young people released from sentenced detention orders will receive an additional supervised sentence within 12 months of their release.³
- Indigenous Australians make up 6% of Australia’s youth population, yet make up almost 50% of the youth detention population.³
¹Data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reports on Crime and Justice.
²Data sourced from the Productivity Commission research paper Australia’s Prison Dilema
³Data sourced from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports on Youth Justice.
We are deeply saddened by these statistics which highlight the challenge that Australia currently faces. Our goal is to deliver permanent changes to the criminal justice system that help support the rehabilitative process. This includes preventing our vulnerable individuals from entering the correctional system whilst simultaneously supporting those individuals who have already entered the system. We look forward to seeing these statistics change as we support Australia moving towards a more sustainable criminal justice system.
