"Nearly half (of all prisoners) go into prison with no qualifications; many come out with none either," he said.
Despite making up 2-32-3% the population, 27% of all prisoners in Australian prisons were Indigenous, the ABS said.
Nationwide, 58% of all prisoners have previously served a prison sentence.
The shocking statistics show that 27% of the adult prison population, and half of all prisoners under 25, were in care.
It manages four prisons, three immigration removal centres and escorts around half of all prisoners to and from court.
With more supersized prisons planned, the PRT has expressed fears that soon over half of all prisoners will be housed in such facilities, to detrimental effect.
At the "entrance" 41% of all prisoners languish in pre-trial detention.
In fact, just over half of all prisoners are serving time for violent offenses.
One-third of all prisoners had been persistent truants, with half having been excluded.
Finally, he proposed immediate and unconditional release of all prisoners of war held by all parties.
Now this most famous of all prisoners was in everyone's mind.
