Stats for percentage of people in prison who have an ID

"People with intellectual disabilities represent about 12-13% of the NSW prison population. As many as 23% of people appearing before NSW Local Courts on criminal charges may have a mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual disability.^"

"People with an intellectual disability are more likely to be arrested, questioned and detained for minor public order offences. People with an intellectual disability are more likely to admit to offences, including ones they did not commit, perhaps from a desire to please the police officer or because they do not want to acknowledge that they did not understand the police officer’s questions. They are refused bail more often and are more likely to be given a custodial sentence because of a lack of adequate support in the community. People with an intellectual disability serve longer sentences or a greater part of their sentence before being granted parole.^"

The Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) has determined that people with “forensic issues” are in the top level of priority for access to DADHC services. DADHC has also appointed 2 workers as forensic casework specialists as part of its specialist Behaviour Intervention Service." DAHC have told me that Sue is now the criminal justices problem and they intend to not offer her services, it sounds like they are going against their own legislation in Sues case.

Please go to this link which is where the above quote comes from (http://www.ncoss.org.au/beyond_bars/) and find the number 10 link to open the rest of the article.