Western Australia has the highest disproportionate rates of Aboriginal Incarceration in the entire nation.
74% of the children and young people imprisoned in WA were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (Corrective Services, 2019).
38.5% of all offenders are being sent back to prison, and 45.3% to corrective services within just two years of release (Australian Productivity Commission, 2019).
Adult and Juvenile Corrective Services cost close to $1 billion a year (DoJ Annual Report, 2018/19).
The incarcerated population has risen by 27% in the last 5 years to 6,908 people (DoJ Annual Reports 12/13- 18/19).
