Service provider organisation—design capacity, total beds N[NNNNN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Design capacity |
METEOR identifier: | 314052 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 27/03/2007 |
Definition: | The useable design capacity of the service provider organisation measured in total bed numbers. |
Data Element Concept: | Service provider organisation—design capacity |
Value Domain: | Total beds N[NNNNN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NNNNNN] | |
Maximum character length: | 6 | |
Unit of measure: | Bed |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Note that this refers to the capacity for which the agency/centre was designed. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | National Corrections Advisory Group 1999. National Corrections Advisory Group Data Collection Manual 1998-99. Canberra. Viewed 21 May 2008, http://www.pc.gov.au/gsp/reports/rogs/2000/factsheets
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Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Juvenile Justice Centre file cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 14/09/2009 Implementation start date: 24/09/2009 Juvenile Justice NMDS 2007 Community Services (retired), Superseded 19/05/2010 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 DSS specific information: The National Corrections Advisory Group calculation of useable prison design capacity is to be used. The calculation is made using the total number of cells designed for single occupancy and the number of designated beds for shared cells or dormitories on each day of a set 12 month period, making note of seasonal variation. Additional beds, which have been placed in any type of accommodation over and above the designated number should be excluded. A calculation of utilisation rate could be used as that defined by the National Corrections Advisory Group to calculate ‘Prison Utilisation’. A summary version of the calculation for prisons is: Calculate average useable prison design capacity – total the number of cells designed for single occupancy and the number of designated beds for shared cells or dormitories on each day of a set 12 month period, making note of seasonal variation (annual capacity). Divide this by the number of days in the year (365.25). Calculate daily average prisoner population – total the daily number of prisoners in custody over a set 12 month period (Total number of detainees) and divide by the number of days in the year (365.25). Total prison utilisation equals total daily average prisoner population divided by average useable prison design capacity multiplied by 100. |