4.2 Time left to serve
The custody of each inmate has an end-point date (known as the “statutory release date” for those sentenced after 1 July 2002 - the date of the introduction of the Sentencing and Parole Acts - or “final release date” for those sentenced before that date). Inmates eligible for parole may be released before these dates. As can be seen in Table 4-2 the majority (79%) of inmates were due for release within two years of census day. Only three percent had final release dates of over five years beyond the census date.
Reflecting the more serious nature of their offending, male inmates had more distant release dates, with proportionately fewer being due for release within 12 months of the census date.
Table 4-2 Time left to serve until final/statutory release date for sentenced inmates
|
Time left to serve |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|||
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
|
Up to 3 months |
77 |
29.4% |
949 |
19.6% |
1026 |
20.1% |
|
> 3 to 6 months |
49 |
18.7% |
650 |
13.4% |
699 |
13.7% |
|
> 6 to 12 months |
18 |
6.9% |
565 |
11.7% |
583 |
11.4% |
|
> 1 to 2 years |
34 |
13.0% |
708 |
14.6% |
742 |
14.6% |
|
> 2 to 3 years |
35 |
13.4% |
615 |
12.7% |
650 |
12.8% |
|
> 3 to 5 years |
18 |
6.9% |
502 |
10.4% |
520 |
10.2% |
|
> 5 to 7 years |
9 |
3.4% |
187 |
3.9% |
196 |
3.8% |
|
> 7 to 10 years |
2 |
0.8% |
117 |
2.4% |
119 |
2.3% |
|
> 10 years |
1 |
0.4% |
49 |
1.0% |
50 |
1.0% |
|
Not recorded/Other |
19 |
7.3% |
491 |
10.2% |
510 |
10.0% |
|
Total |
262 |
100.0% |
4833 |
100.0% |
5095 |
100.0% |