In each of the past five years, Barraland' s prison population has increased  Yet, according to official government statistics, for none of those years has there been either an increase in the number of criminal cases brought to trial, or an increase in the rate at which convictions have been obtained
Clearly, ttherefore, the percentage of people convicted of crimes who are being given prison sentences is on the increase
The number of people in Barraland who feel that crime is on the increase is significantly greater now than it was five years ago.