Persons committed to prison by type of committal, 1970 to 1987

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				Type of committal
Year	Number of persons committed to prisons during the year			For safe custody		For Debt		To penal imprisonment in default of payment of fines		To peremptory imprisonment
	Total	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
1970	450	413	37	284	7	..	..	92	28	37	2
1971	603	561	42	400	29	..	..	85	12	76	1
1972	552	531	21	375	2	2	..	68	19	86	..
1973	524	504	20	296	9	..	..	70	7	138	4
1974	827	807	20	604	5	..	..	74	14	129	1
1975	898	851	47	558	15	..	..	94	25	199	7
1976	881	962	19	512	4	..	..	98	9	251	6
1977	1106	1081	25	782	7	..	..	40	12	259	6
1978	1077	1039	38	663	20	..	..	179	17	197	1
1979	1032	1019	13	694	10	..	..	93	1	232	2
1980	873	820	53	444	33	..	..	102	8	274	12
1981	1140	1087	53	618	36	1	..	123	10	345	7
1982	1192	1139	53	728	28	..	..	110	6	301	19
1983	1341	1304	37	782	8	2	1	150	19	370	9
1984	1547	1461	86	973	49	..	..	153	21	335	16
1985	2586	2500	86	1967	61	..	..	179	13	354	12
1986	2267	2238	29	1695	13	..	..	240	13	303	3
1987	1926	1859	67	1348	51	..	..	204	5	307	11
.. Not available for a specific reference period
Source: Prisons Department