Offender Summary

administered by the Department of Corrections

Sentenced prisonersAverage cost of $307.53 per offender per day

Offenders have been convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence

Average volume in 2015/16 was 6,816, this was 61 more than in 2014/15

Average length of sentence imposed in 2015/16: 534 days

Remand prisonersAverage cost of $239.17 per offender per day

Remand prisoners are being held while awaiting trial or sentencing

Average volume in 2015/16 was 2,377, this was 400 more than in 2014/15

Average length of remand periods in 2015/16: 68 days

Extended supervisionAverage cost of $80.90 per offender per day

Corrections monitors child sex offenders for up to 10 years following a prison sentence

Average volume in 2015/16 was 215, this was 11 less than in 2014/15

Average length of order in 2015/16: 3,013 days

Home detentionAverage cost of $59.87 per offender per day

Offenders must remain at an approved residence under electronic monitoring and close supervision by a probation officer

Average volume in 2015/16 was 1,620, this was 63 more than in 2014/15

Average length of sentence in 2015/16: 195 days

Parole / residential restrictionsAverage cost of $36.29 per offender per day

Oversight from a probation officer after release from prison sentences of more than two years

Average volume in 2015/16 was 2,301, this was 127 less than in 2014/15

Average length of order in 2015/16: 441 days

Intensive supervisionAverage cost of $21.13 per offender per day

A rehabilitative community-based sentence with intensive oversight from a probation officer

Average volume in 2015/16 was 2,867, this was 290 more than in 2014/15

Average length of sentence in 2015/16: 437 days

Release on conditionsAverage cost of $19.12 per offender per day

Oversight from a probation officer after release at the end of a prison sentence of two years or less

Average volume in 2015/16 was 3,581, this was 363 more than in 2014/15

Average length of sentence in 2015/16: 332 days

SupervisionAverage cost of $15.75 per offender per day

A rehabilitative community-based sentence with oversight from a probation officer

Average volume in 2015/16 was 7,597, this was 297 more than in 2014/15

Average length of sentence in 2015/16: 277 days

Community detentionAverage cost of $13.18 per offender per day

The offender must comply with an electronically-monitored curfew imposed by the court

Average volume in 2015/16 was 1,600, this was 55 less than in 2014/15

Average length of sentence in 2015/16: 185 days

Post detention conditionsAverage cost of $10.64 per offender per day

Oversight from a probation officer after completion of a home detention sentence

Average volume in 2015/16 was 1,273, this was three more than in 2014/15

Average length of sentence in 2015/16: 209 days

Community workAverage cost of $9.74 per offender per day

Offenders do unpaid work in the community for non-profit organisations

Average volume in 2015/16 was 15,014, this was 949 less than in 2014/15

Average length of sentence in 2015/16: 101 hours


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