Table of contents
- About the data
- Australia’s prison population is growing and ageing
- Why is the population of older prisoners growing?
- What are common types of offences?
- Social and economic factors
- Patterns of imprisonment
- Families and their history of imprisonment
- Employment, education and housing stability
- Lifestyle factors
- Risky alcohol consumption
- Tobacco smoking
- Substance use
- Mental and physical health
- Mental health
- Physical health
- Chronic physical health conditions
- Health-care services
- Health services in prison
- Medications dispensed in prison
- Future directions
- More information