Offenders in the medium risk bracket carried out another 50 serious crimes.
Overall, 1,540 offenders breached the terms of their licences, up 18% year on year, while 104 breached an order, up from 73 the previous year.
Iran's judicial authorities have previously denied accusations of juvenile executions, but according to HRW, the country has executed at least 10 juvenile offenders since 2009.
This refined version of the prime minister's idea gives offenders the choice of paying the fine within a set time-frame or going to court.
Their fellow prisoners will be a mixture of first-time offenders and seasoned recidivists, convicted for offences ranging from petty theft to murder.
One recent study revealed that cutting numbers of jailed juvenile offenders by two-thirds had coincided with a cut in youth crime rates of one-third – dramatic figures, especially when combined with less recidivism and lower spending since rehabilitation costs much less than locking people up.
And they were right – his comment on the matter reads like a masterpiece of stuttering reticence: "It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the actions of some offenders were influenced… at least to some degree, by the fact that the deceased was an Aboriginal person".
It certainly doesn't seem to be part of a wider philosophy aimed at supporting offenders in addressing their problems, rather than punishing them for their problems.
Surveys show that many people vastly prefer this service to what may be an intimidating experience in a police station, where the people who can overhear you may often include offenders reporting for bail.
Yet in per capita terms, Australia is one of the worst offenders.
What the IOM could not do, he added, was punish the perpetrators: "Prosecuting offenders is a matter for the police and the state, not us".
