Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in Australia, cat. no. 4517.0 (2005–2015). Observations on prisoners in Victoria The number of prisoner receptions by legal status (Figure 21) does not reflect the trends observed in the prisoner census data (Figure 3). The decrease in the sentenced prisoner population observed between 30 June 2014 and 30 June 2015 is not reflected in a decrease in the number of prisoners who became sentenced prisoners in 2013–14, although the increase did slow in 2013–14 and 2014–15. Nonetheless, the increase in the number of unsentenced prisoners observed in Figure 3 is reflected in the increase in the number of prisoners received into Victorian prisons that remained unsentenced throughout the financial year. Sentenced prisoners Sentenced prisoners were most likely to be imprisoned for an offence against the person. Offenders imprisoned for an offence against the person were most likely to have been sentenced for a sexual assault offence. In line with the data presented in previous chapters, the number of sentenced prisoners serving time for a cause injury offence as their principal proven offence more than tripled between 2005 and 2015. This suggests that across the offending, sentencing, and prisoner data, an increase in cause injury and other offences against the person is having an observable influence on the prison population. The average aggregate sentence lengths and average expected time to serve decreased between 2005 and 2015, particularly since 2012. This is possibly the result of the growing proportion of offenders in prison for cause injury offences and the substantial growth in offenders in custody for justice procedures offences since 2011. Overall, the decrease in the sentenced prisoner population in recent can be attributed to an increase in the use of shorter custodial sentences (after a period of growth in both the number of custodial sentences and the average length of those sentences).
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in Australia, cat. no. 4517.0 (2005–2015). Observations on prisoners in Victoria The number of prisoner receptions by legal status (Figure 21) does not reflect the trends observed in the prisoner census data (Figure 3). The decrease in the sentenced prisoner population observed between 30 June 2014 and 30 June 2015 is not reflected in a decrease in the number of prisoners who became sentenced prisoners in 2013–14, although the increase did slow in 2013–14 and 2014–15. Nonetheless, the increase in the number of unsentenced prisoners observed in Figure 3 is reflected in the increase in the number of prisoners received into Victorian prisons that remained unsentenced throughout the financial year. Sentenced prisoners Sentenced prisoners were most likely to be imprisoned for an offence against the person. Offenders imprisoned for an offence against the person were most likely to have been sentenced for a sexual assault offence. In line with the data presented in previous chapters, the number of sentenced prisoners serving time for a cause injury offence as their principal proven offence more than tripled between 2005 and 2015. This suggests that across the offending, sentencing, and prisoner data, an increase in cause injury and other offences against the person is having an observable influence on the prison population. The average aggregate sentence lengths and average expected time to serve decreased between 2005 and 2015, particularly since 2012. This is possibly the result of the growing proportion of offenders in prison for cause injury offences and the substantial growth in offenders in custody for justice procedures offences since 2011. Overall, the decrease in the sentenced prisoner population in recent can be attributed to an increase in the use of shorter custodial sentences (after a period of growth in both the number of custodial sentences and the average length of those sentences).
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