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Surge in prisoners on remand

Wed Jul 29 2015

The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has published NSW Custody Statistics: Quarterly Update June 2015 and the findings are grim. The state's adult prison population grew by 12.2 per cent in the 2014-15 financial year (i.e. an additional 1,261 prisoners). According to BOCSAR, the increase is "almost entirely attributable to a growth in prisoners on remand". Learn more here.

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