In 2016-2017 the prison population was not representative of the Australian population, for example 91% of prisoners were male,
[9] while males were only half of the population, and 27% of prisoners were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders,
[9] while indigenous people were only 2.8% of the population.
[10] In 2018, 18.4% of prisoners in Australia were held in
private prisons.
[9]