Abstract
As of December 2015, Australia had 37,337 people in prison. It's only three years since we hit 30,000, but we are on track for 40,000 prisoners by the end of this year. Our imprisonment rate is 200 per 100,000. To place this in its historical context, it was 66 per 100,000 in 1985. Canada's imprisonment rate is 106 per 100,000. England and Wales, the highest in Western Europe, is at 147. The rate in the US is just under 700, but at least this is finally heading down.
| Original language | English |
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| No. | 24 April |
| Specialist publication | The Sydney Morning Herald (News Review) |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |