Northern Territory prison population (average, first day of the month)

The average number of prisoners on remand in the Northern Territory has risen from 514 to 1,041 over the past nine years.

A blue line graph shows the average number of prisoners on remand underneath those serving a sentence.
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Sentenced prisoners
Prisoners on remand
The highlighted chart shows the CLP (displayed in orange) was in power until 2016, when Labor (displayed in red) won government. The CLP was elected again in August 2024.
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