Offender Summary
administered by the Department of Corrections
| Sentenced prisoners | Average 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 |
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| Remand prisoners | Average 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 supervision | Average 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 detention | Average 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 restrictions | Average 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 supervision | Average 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 conditions | Average 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 |
| Supervision | Average 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 detention | Average 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 conditions | Average 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 work | Average 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 |