Prison Privatisation: National Report
Australia now imprisons more people than at any point in its history with 36,134 people incarcerated across eight states as of June 2015. Privately run prisons incarcerate 18.5% of Australia’s prison population and clearly play a large part in the functioning of our custodial system a new University of Sydney Report has found. In fact, Australia has the highest rate of private incarceration per capita of any country in the world.