Sentence Length of
Current Commitment

• More than one-fourth (25.8%) of current inmates have sentences of three years or less.
  
  
• Whereas the AVERAGE sentence length of current inmates is 14.9 years, the MEDIAN sentence length (same number of inmates with sentences above and below that number) is 7.1 years.
  
  
• Almost 73% of current inmates are serving under the 85% law, which means that for crimes committed on or after October 1, 1995, the inmate has to serve at least 85% of his or her sentence.
  
  
• The largest category of sentence length for current inmates is "greater than one year, less than two" (11,052 or 14.3% of the inmate population on June 30, 2003). This category is followed closely by those with Life or Death sentences, 8,991 or 11.6% of all inmates.

Total Sentence Length Of Current Commitment (Inmate Population on June 30, 2003)
Category	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
1 Year or Less	7	2	1	1	0	0	11	0.0%	0.0%
GT 1, LE 2 Yrs.*	4,533	786	4,881	601	200	51	11,052	14.3%	14.3%
GT 2, LE 3 Yrs.	3,711	397	4,149	406	205	36	8,904	11.5%	25.8%
GT 3, LE 4 Yrs.	2,250	193	2,695	211	116	21	5,486	7.1%	32.9%
GT 4, LE 5 Yrs.	3,045	250	3,433	259	142	30	7,159	9.3%	42.2%
GT 5, LE 6 Yrs.	1,344	67	1,497	88	73	12	3,081	4.0%	46.2%
GT 6, LE 7 Yrs.	1,226	72	1,283	79	89	16	2,765	3.6%	49.8%
GT 7, LE 8 Yrs.	1,105	58	1,253	51	50	8	2,525	3.3%	53.0%
GT 8, LE 9 Yrs.	626	27	680	22	40	7	1,402	1.8%	54.8%
GT 9, LE 10 Yrs.	1,869	62	2,350	112	113	24	4,530	5.9%	60.7%
GT 10, LE 12 Yrs.	1,065	62	1,233	41	92	19	2,512	3.2%	63.9%
GT 12, LE 15 Yrs.	2,247	73	2,872	80	150	22	5,444	7.0%	71.0%
GT 15, LE 24 Yrs.	2,194	86	2,986	71	127	13	5,477	7.1%	78.1%
GT 24, LE 30 Yrs.	1,559	45	2,347	41	110	8	4,110	5.3%	83.4%
GT 30, LE 40 Yrs.	773	25	1,152	23	50	4	2,027	2.6%	86.0%
GT 40, LE 50 Yrs.	272	7	421	8	13	2	723	0.9%	86.9%
Over 50 Yrs.	424	11	626	6	28	1	1,096	1.4%	88.4%
Life/Death	3,984	120	4,544	70	266	7	8,991	11.6%	100.0%
Data Unavailable	10	1	9	1	0	0	21
TOTAL	32,244	2,344	38,412	2,171	1,864	281	77,316	100.0%
Average**	14.9	8.0	15.7	7.4	16.5	9.3	14.9
Median**	7.0	3.0	8.0	3.5	10.0	5.1	7.1

* GT - Greater than, LE - Less than or equal to.
** Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages and medians.