Aussie prisoner numbers hit record high

Official data shows the number of prisoners in Australian jails hit a record 30,775 in 2013. Source: AAP

MORE prisoners are doing time in Australian jails than ever, official data shows.

The number of inmates in Australian jails hit a record 30,775 in 2013, up five per cent from 2012, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released on Thursday shows.

The nation's rate of imprisonment is also up, at 170 prisoners for every 100,000 adults, from 157 for every 100,000 adults in 2003.

The Northern Territory has the highest imprisonment rate this year, with 821 adults in prison for every 100,000 adults.

Western Australia, with 256 prisoners for every 100,000 adults, is second, followed by NSW, Queensland and South Australia. The ACT has the lowest imprisonment rate.

Of the male inmate population, 20 per cent was jailed for acts intended to cause injury, 15 per cent for sexual assault, and another 15 per cent for unlawful entry with intent.

Women, meanwhile, were commonly jailed for drug offences (18 per cent), acts intended to cause injury (17 per cent) and unlawful entry with intent (10 per cent).

Most prisoners were born in Australia (81 per cent), followed by New Zealand at three per cent.

Two per cent of the local prison population was born in Vietnam, with another two per cent born in the UK.

Indigenous Australians comprise 27 per cent of the prisoner population, the ABS data shows.

The average age of Australian male inmates is 40, while for females it is 34.

Fifty-eight per cent of all prisoners are reoffenders.

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