Prisoner Numbers in Queensland: An examination of population trends in Queensland's correctional institutions

This report addresses three fundamental questions: 

1. Why has the Queensland prisoner population risen so rapidly since 1993? 
2. How likely is it that the prisoner population will continue to grow (assuming that there is no policy intervention by government)?
3. Which changes to practices and policies have the greatest potential to reduce the prisoner population? 

This report was tabled in Parliament on 13 April 2000.