Defined Terms

The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research has directed the Writer to the ABS webpage (and also to the specific Excel file - Australia Tables 1 to 13, Then to table 12) that lists the number of prisoners in Australian gaols for various crimes. 

Below is an extract of Row 43 of Table 12 which shows that at 30 June 2017, 529 prisoners in Australian prisons serving sentences of 20 years and over and a further 404 serving a Life Sentence:

Indigenous status and most serious offence

Under 3 months

3 & under 6 months

6 & under 12 months

1& under 2 years

2 & under 5 years

5 & under 10 years

10 & under 15 years

15 & under 20 years

20 years & over

Un-
known

Life

Other

Total

Homicide and related offences

4  

3  

10  

36  

215  

389  

341  

496  

529  

4  

404 

48  

2,486

 

 

 

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