Prior to 1997/98, inmate population statistics were provided by each correctional center and collected weekly. Inmates who are temporarily absent from a penitentiary and who have been held overnight in a courthouse are registered against the penitentiary from which they are absent rather than against the courthouse. Court cells are not gazetted correctional centers and therefore these inmates are not included in the totals for gazetted correctional centers, but are included in the totals for full-time custody.
Transitional homes are not officially listed as correctional facilities, so these inmates are not included in the total number of officially designated correctional facilities, but are included in the full-time total. Inmates at the June Baker Center in need of protection or segregation are housed in the medium security (male) section of the Grafton Correctional Center. The last prisoners were transferred from Area 2 of Long Bay Hospital on 29 January 2006. Daily average is based on 211 days.
The first inmates at the Metropolitan Special Programs Center - Medical Transit Unit were transferred from Area 2 of Long Bay Hospital on January 21, 2006. Some minimum security male inmates were housed in the maximum security area when the center first opened. During the year, a small number of female prisoners were also imprisoned in a strictly guarded area.
These centers are not gazetted correctional centers and are not included in the totals relating to.
2004/05 and 2005/06
Unconvicted 3 Awaiting appeal result
SENTENCED 4
Consists of the number of prisoners held in custody (including court cell complexes and transit centers) on the last Sunday of the financial year together with those in periodic detention during the preceding week. The Home Detention Act 1996 came into force on 21 February 1997 and introduced a Home Detention Order as an alternative to serving sentences of full-time imprisonment of up to 18 months. Community service orders (CSO) include offenders on community work orders and orders that include both community work and attendance programmes.
The community service order is the final part of the overall penalty enforcement process and until the latter part of 2003 only a small number of offenders progressed to a community service order. Probation orders include bonds, CSO (attendance only program), bail supervision, drug court and suspended sentence orders. Some offenders are subject to at least one order in more than one category (eg CSO plus probation), so the number of orders under supervision is always greater than the number of people under supervision.
For example, although the table shows a total of 21,013 offenders on home detention, CSO, fine default, parole and probation orders as of June 30, 2000, there were actually 18,491 offenders under supervision. Community Offender Services statistics include orders in suspension (where supervision has been temporarily suspended) for reasons including: infringement action taken – pending response from court, infringement action taken – pending execution of warrant;. The equivalent full-time average for periodic detention centers is calculated as 2/7th of the actual average as detainees are in detention only 2 days per week.
Transit centers are not gazetted as correctional centers and house female prisoners on temporary leave in accordance with s 26(2j) of the Crimes (Sentencing) Act 1999. Collecting accurate data on the daily average population of prisoners held overnight in these complexes, began in July 2001. Other courts are detention facilities operated by the Department of Correctional Services and operate only during court hours.
These people are received and discharged on the same day and are not held in custody at these centers overnight. The total equivalent full-time daily average is the average number of inmates managed on a daily basis during the year.
Many of the people admitted to Court Cell 24 are police detainees ("Form 7" of the Bail Regulations 1999) who are in police custody (refused bail by the police) managed by the NSW Department of Correctional Services. Many of these Form 7 detainees are released from custody after a court appearance, and those who are in custody are usually transferred to a correctional facility. Inmates admitted to re-education centers include inmates admitted to court cell complexes who have subsequently been transferred to a re-education home.
Since 1998, a "parole violation" has been treated like any other crime when calculating the most serious offense. It includes 2/7 of the number in intermittent detention, as detainees are in custody two days a week. Thus, a correctional center where a high level of abuse was tolerated might have few inmates charged even though abuse was common, and vice versa.
This category includes violations of the following Regulations: Attacking, Section 130(1), and Fighting or Participating in Physical Combat, Section 130(2). This category includes violations of the following Regulations: Supplying False or Misleading Data, Clause 5; not handing in upon receipt, Article 8; fails to clean yards, clause 38; fail to comply with the correctional center's routine, clause 39; enter another cell, clause 40; operate the bell, horn, siren or whistle, Article 42; avoid correctional center routine, clause 43; unlawfully deliver or receive any article from or to a detainee, clause 44; resist or hinder search, clause 46; failure to keep property neat and orderly, Article 47; buying food illegally, Article 52(2); possessing unauthorized food, Article 52(3); illicit food trade, Article 52(4); fail to maintain personal cleanliness, clause 56; wear inappropriate clothing Article 57; fail to keep cells clean and spend articles, clause 58(1); fails to provide clothing, bedding and other articles, Article 58(3); misbehave while attending services and programs, clause 61; transfer or deliver unauthorized articles to or receive from visitors, clause 97; send or receive unauthorized letters or packages, clause 107; forbidden to send letters, parcels or articles, article 108; unlawful use of telephone or fax, clause 112; disobey direction, clause 120;. This category includes violations of the following regulations: Possession or Creation of Prohibited Goods, Clause 45 and Stealing, Clause 131(1).
The number of charges for theft or possession of contraband in a correctional center may depend on the availability of items to steal or the ability to acquire illegal property. This category includes violations of the following regulations: damaging, destroying or rendering illegible cell, Article 58(2); desecrate or abuse spiritual objects, clause 68; Throw article, Rule 130(3); damage or destroy property, clause 131; interfere with the property of the correctional center, clause 134 and alter, damage or remove the no-smoking or smoking sign, clause 143(b). In a prison setting, especially with shared cells, it can be difficult to prove who was responsible for property damage.
The number of truancy charges will likely be affected by the routine of the correctional center. For this offence, the number of charges in the penitentiary is likely to depend more on the number of samples requested and the conditions under which they were taken than on the percentage of refusals. This category includes breaches of the following regulations: possession/consumption of alcohol, clause 137(1); prepare or manufacture alcohol, clause 137(2) and refuse breath testing, clause 146.
Many of the charges in this type of offense were based on the results of a urine test, so the number of charges depends in part on the number of investigations. Percentage of inmates convicted of any offense within two years of discharge resulting in a full-time prison sentence to be served in a NSW correctional centre.
