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Report on the NSW Government's Implementation of the Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody


Appendix A


Ages, Sex and Aboriginality of Children in Juvenile Detention Centres (as at 31 December 1998)

 
AGE
 
 
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
18+
Total
Female
Male
Non-Aboriginal
0
0
1
5
14
30
57
67
41
25
240
14
226
Aboriginal
0
1
1
1
7
24
26
41
13
8
122
10
112
TOTAL
0
1
2
6
21
54
83
108
54
33
362
24
338

Source: Department of Juvenile Justice Monthly Operations Report, December 1998


Aboriginal Children in Juvenile Detention Centres: By Most Serious Offence (as at December 1998)

OFFENCE
Number of Aboriginal detainees
Total number of detainees
Homicide/manslaughter
5
29
Armed robbery
13
40
Sexual assault
7
18
Grievous assault/malicious wounding
18
46
Unarmed robbery
5
26
Non-grievous assaults
21
48
Drug trafficking
0
0
Break enter and steal/intent to steal
29
60
Stolen motor vehicle
9
28
Other property
9
26
Other drug offences
0
6
Good order/justice, traffic, driving, rail offences
6
35
Other offences
0
0
Unknown offence code
0
0
TOTAL
122
362


Inmates of the NSW Department of Corrective Services: Custodial Programs (as at 30 June 1998)

Table 1: Type of Sentence by Aboriginality by Gender

Count

 
ABORIGINALITY
 
GENDER OF INMATE
Aboriginal/TSI
Not Aboriginal
Unknown
TOTAL
MaleUnconvicted
151
816
15
982
 Life
9
93
 
102
 Forensic
9
47
56
 
 Minimum & Add
475
3261
19
3755
 Fixed
259
958
5
1222
 PDC
91
1130
4
1225
 TOTAL
994
6305
43
7342
FemaleUnconvicted
23
49
1
73
 Minimum & Add
28
151
 
179
 Fixed
32
74
 
106
 PDC
13
97
 
110
 TOTAL
96
371
1
468

Note: Due to introduction of the new system for enforcement of fines under the Fines Act 1996, imprisonment is now used as the sanction of “last resort”. Therefore there were no new fine defaulter inmates in custody as at 30 June, 1998


Table 2: Most Serious Offence by Aboriginality by Gender (as at 30 June 1998)

Count

  
ABORIGINALITY
 
GENDER OF INMATE
Aboriginal/
TSI
Not Aboriginal
Unknown
TOTAL
MaleMurder
43
360
1
404
 Attempt murder
4
60
2
66
 Conspiracy to murder
 
11
 
11
 Manslaughter
18
72
 
90
 Major assault
168
489
2
659
 Other assault
95
306
4
405
 Rape
1
5
 
6
 Serious sexual assault
70
430
4
504
 Incest/carnal knowledge
10
100
3
113
 Indecent assault
11
115
 
126
 Buggery/bestial
2
14
 
16
 Robbery major assault
101
622
8
731
 Other robbery
64
241
1
306
 Fraud
18
328
2
348
 Break enter and steal
120
677
4
801
 Other steal
75
614
5
694
 Driving/traffic
54
399
1
454
 Offences against order
49
365
1
415
 Drug offences
17
793
5
815
 Other offences
7
109
 
116
 BOP/BOL
67
195
 
262
 TOTAL
994
6305
43
7342
FemaleMurder
5
14
 
19
 Attempt murder
1
1
 
2
 Conspiracy to murder
 
1
 
1
 Manslaughter
2
11
1
14
 Major assault
10
22
2
32
 Other assault
5
17
 
22
 Serious sexual assault
 
2
 
2
 Incest/carnal knowledge
 
1
 
1
 Indecent assault
 
1
 
1
 Robbery major assault
6
21
 
27
 Other robbery
6
17
 
23
 Fraud
12
65
 
77
 Break enter and steal
10
32
 
42
 Other steal
21
49
 
70
 Driving/traffic
1
14
 
15
FemaleOffences against order
6
31
 
37
 Drug offences
1
56
 
57
 Other offences
 
3
 
3
 BOP/BOL
10
13
 
23
 TOTAL
96
371
1
468


Inmates of the NSW Department of Corrective Services: Non-Custodial Programs

Table 3: Type of Program by Indigenous Status by Gender (as at 30 June 1998)

GENDERTYPE OF ORDER
ATSI
Non-ATSI
Total Orders
MaleSupervision
717
7406
8123
 Reparation
265
3940
4205
 Fine substitution
48
927
975
 Post prison orders
236
2119
2355
 Other orders (including home detention)
23
277
300
 TOTAL PERSONS
1107
13075
14182
FemaleSupervision
200
1463
1663
 Reparation
66
701
767
 Fine substitution
13
246
259
 Post prison orders
29
173
202
 Other orders (including home detention)
4
55
59
 TOTAL PERSONS
265
2330
2595

Note: Where an offender is serving orders of different types concurrently, that person is counted once in each order type. The count of total persons is regardless of the number of orders being served.

 

Introduction | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Overview | Preventing Deaths in Custody
Preventing Incarceration | Addressing Underlying Disadvantages | Appendix A | Appendix B
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