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Eye on Politics & Law Lords: NSW crime statistics
Civil libertarians have rejected assertions from NSW Premier Bob Carr that longer jail sentences are behind a drop in the state's crime rate.
Crime has fallen across the board over the past few years according to figures released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. And Mr Carr says NSW's record prison population - which stands at more than 9000 - was the reason behind the crime reduction. Reports today said courts were now issuing custodial sentences, where previously they were more likely to issue community service orders. But the move has increased costs, with community service orders costing only $10 a day to administer compared with $173 to keep an offender in prison. Mr Carr said tougher jail sentences had reduced crime and made the community feel safer.
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