Prison—number of prison entrants

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element Concept
METEOR identifier:Help on this term624303
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 28/04/2016
Definition:Help on this term

The number of persons entering a prison.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:Prison
Definition:Help on this term

A legally proclaimed prison or remand centre, administered by the Corrective Services department, to hold adult prisoners. Excludes periodic detention centres, court and police cells, juvenile detention centres, immigration detention centres, secure psychiatric facilities, military prisons, and home detention programs.

Context:Help on this term

Applicable to the corrective services area.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Reference documents:Help on this term

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015. National Prisoner Census. ABS, Canberra. Viewed 27 November 2015, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/DOSSbyTopic/
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Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:Number of prison entrants
Definition:Help on this termA count of persons entering prison.
Property group:Help on this termOrganisational characteristics

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:Help on this term
Prison—number of prison entrants, number N[NN]
  • Health, Standard 28/04/2016
Prison—number of prison entrants, total N[NNNN]
  • Health, Recorded 22/12/2022