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Corrections Statistics FAQs
These FAQs provide a snapshot of the Victorian prison system in 2007-08.
| Q: | How many prisoners are there in Victoria? |
| A: | There were 4,223 prisoners in the Victorian prison system on 30 June 2008. This represented an increase of 47.8 per cent on the 30 June 1998 figure of 2,858. |
| Q: | What is the Victorian imprisonment rate? |
| A: | The Victorian imprisonment rate was 103.7 per 100,000 of adult population on 30 June 2008 (based on the above figure of 4,223). |
| Q: | What percentage of prisoners return to prison after release from custody? |
| A: | 35.6% of the prisoners who were released in 2005-06 had returned to prison under sentence within two years of release; a six year decline from 42.5% of prisoners released in 1999-2000. (Source: Report on Government Services 2009 - Council of Australian Governments (COAG). |
| Q: | How many offenders are there in Victoria? |
| A: | As at 1 June 2008, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported there were 7,703 offenders on Community Corrections orders. |
| Q: | What is the Victorian offender rate? |
| A: | The Victorian Community-based Corrections offender rate was 190.3 per 100,000 of adult population on 1 June 2008 (based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics report of 7,703 offenders on Community Corrections orders as at 1 June 2008). |
| Q: | How much does it cost to keep a prisoner in custody and an offender in the community? |
| A: | The Council of Australian Governments reports that recurrent expenditure per prisoner per day in 2007-08 was $221.40 and recurrent expenditure per Community Corrections offender per day in 2007-08 was $16.20. |
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