Australia entering 'second convict age' as imprisonment rates soar

Incarceration rates have risen 130% since 1985, according to new research by Labor MP and economist Andrew LeighIndigenous Australians are now more likely to be in prison than African-Americans, according to new research by Labor parliamentarian and economist Andrew Leigh warning that Australia has entered “a second convict age”.Leigh’s new working paper finds that in 2018, around 43,000 Australians were in prison, a rate of 221 for every 100,000 adults – which he says is