Indicator: Prison Admissions

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What we know from research

What the data indicates about Mildura
PRISON ADMISSIONS
The rate of prison admissions throughout Victoria correlates with a range of other indicators of disadvantage especially unemployment, psychiatric hospital admissions, childhood accidents, child maltreatment and lack of work skills. The unskilled occupational background of the majority of prisoners and their poor level of formal education – two-thirds are functionally illiterate in NSW – testify to their markedly depressed economic and social backgrounds.
Because the bulk of adult prisoners are within the age range 18-50 years, we have expressed the number of admissions in each area as a rate per 10,000 of that section of the population. The most recent data is for 2003 and the base number of offenders is small, warranting cautious interpretation of the results. Additional information may become available in 2006. Meanwhile, with a prison admission rate (41.4 per 10,000) twice that of Regional Victoria (18.84) Mildura Central appears to be in need of additional crime prevention planning. The comparatively high rate for Merbein is based on a small number of prisoners so that additional data needs to be obtained to assess the comparative seriousness of offending in that locality.

PRISON ADMISSIONS ACROSS MILDURA’S SUB-REGIONS EXPRESSED AS A RATE PER 10,000 POPULATION (18-50 YEARS)
Source: Corrections Victoria 2003

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	Upward trend			Progress away from desired direction
	Downward trend
	No observable trend		Progress towards desired direction
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 6 February 2007