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ATTORNEY-GENERAL
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION N0. 401
Belconnen Remand Centre - Statistics
Mr Berry - To ask the Attorney-General:
1) What are the figures for the number of male and female remanded currently at Belconnen Remand Centre.
(2) What is the mean, median and longest period of remand.
(3) What is the breakdown of the type of offence for which remanded are being held and the rate of acquittals over the last year.
Mr Collaery - The answer to the Members question is:
(1) As at 23 April 1991 there were 29 male and. one female
detainees in custody at the Belconnen Remand Centre.
(2) Of the remanded in custody on 23 April 1991, the mean
remand period was 68 days, the median remand period was
42 days, and the longest serving Fernandes had been in
custody for 361 days.
(3) Of the 30 remanded in custody on 23 April 1991, five
have charges for offences against the person, two for
robbery, thirteen for property offences, seven for drug
offences, two for traffic offences and one for being an
illegal entrant.
The last year for which data on outcomes of remand are currently available is 1988-89. Of the 318 remand periods in 1988-89, one percent was terminated by an acquittal.
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