7B. Table B: Outcome 10

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are not overrepresented in the criminal justice system

Target 10: By 2031, reduce the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults held in incarceration by at least 15 per cent.

Indicators:

Drivers:

  • Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people charged by police
  • Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people convicted and sentenced (by offence and type of sentence)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoner by offence type (most serious and other offences) and number of offences
  • Proportion of prisoners by legal status (sentenced vs unsentenced); and by sentence length
  • Number and rate of unique alleged offenders processed by police
  • Proportion of prisoners previously incarcerated; number of unique episodes of incarceration
  • Mental health, substance abuse issues, family history of incarceration, employment post release, history of victimisation
  • Entry rate to incarceration – newly sentenced to prison

Contextual information:

  • Rates of death in prison custody of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners, by cause of death
  • Proportion spending greater periods of time on remand
  • Progress towards parity

Disaggregation:

  • Geographic area (jurisdiction, remoteness, other geographic categories available)
  • Socio-economic status of the locality
  • Age
  • Gender

Data Development:

Explore options to measure and report:

  • access to services in police custody
    • Aboriginal community-controlled legal services, including data on police use of custody notification systems
    • cultural competency training completed by police
  • access to services in prison (disaggregated by sentenced/unsentenced prisoners)
    • availability of and participation in culturally safe health and mental health services, including health and disability assessment on entering prison
    • support provided to prisoners who are parents to keep engaged with family
    • cultural competency training completed by corrections staff
    • availability of and participation rates for prison-based programs, including vocational training, behavioural and specialist programs such as addiction
  • access to services in police custody
    • rehabilitation and reintegration support, and building cultural strength
  • police data on caution, diversion, arrests and stops by Indigeneity, including multiple instances of contact, and deaths in police custody
  • proportion of offenders denied bail/parole by type of offence and reason for denial (including lack of accommodation)
  • data linkages to identify long term outcomes after incarceration (employment, education)
  • data disaggregation by age at first contact with the criminal justice system