Referenced sources
- 0 The number of evidence based intervention programmes offered to child offenders aged 8-12, whose behaviour has led to their exclusion from school, and to escalating antisocial networks and activities.
- 1/3 The estimated reduction in homicides in the US when early intervention programmes are implemented.
- 1/3 NZ prisoners who have a clinically significant personality disorder.
- 1 The number of countries in the western world that incarcerate a higher proportion of their population than NZ
- 2 Our ranking in the western world for the proportion of our population we incarcerate.
- 3 How many times faster government spending on criminal justice has risen than GDP since 1972.
- 3% The percentage of victims that experience more than 50% of crime in NZ.
- 7 The number of times more likely a NZ Prisoner is to have a lifetime prevalence of any substance-use disorder.
- $7 The savings for every dollar spent on early intervention programmes – by the time a disadvantaged youth reaches 27
- 9.5 The number of times more likely the child of a prisoner is to go to prison themselves.
- 10 The number of times more likely a youth in detention in NZ is to have a psychiatric disorder
- 12% The reduction in NZ’s prison population since 2018, soon to be offset with 20% growth forecast by 2030
- $16 The savings for every dollar spent on early intervention programmes – by the time a disadvantaged youth reaches 40
- 18 The number of ‘Corrections facilities’ (jails) in NZ.
- 28% The reduction in people sentenced to prison over a 13-year period in Finland by diverting offenders into community based alternatives.
- 34% How many more prisoners NZ has as a % of population compared to Australia
- 36% The percentage of those held in NZ prisons that are on remand
- 44% How much smaller the NZ prison population would be if Māori had the same proportional representation as non-Māori
- 48% Men in NZ prisons who were subjected to violence as a child
- 50-75% The estimated proportions of NZ youth involved in the justice system that meet diagnostic criteria for at least one mental illness.
- 65% The projected increase in offenders being placed on remand over the next ten years.
- 67% Males aged 17-18 who enter the adult court system within 24 months of graduating the youth justice system
- 70% NZ prisoners with significant literacy problems
- 73% How many more prisoners NZ has as a % of population compared to Canada
- 90% NZ prisoners with a lifetime diagnosable mental illness or substance-use disorder
- 92% 14-18 year old males entering the youth justice system that have previously been reported due to concerns about their care and protection.
- 95% 10-13 year old males entering the youth justice system that have previously been reported due to concerns about their care and protection.
- 250 New prison beds required for every 1% increase in offenders placed on remand
- > 3,000 NZ children with their primary parent in prison
- 8,800 The number of prisoners in NZ jails
- > 20,000 NZ children with a parent in prison who is not actively involved in their parenting.
- $312,000 The cost to incarcerate one youth offender for one year
- $1,300,000,000The Department of Corrections budget for one year
