Inmate Releases and Time Served
General Characteristics
of FY 2002-03 Prison Releases
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Releases by Offense Type
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* One of the following conditions must occur for a crime to be defined as
violent under this definition: actual physical harm or threat of physical
harm; or a reasonable probability exists that individual criminal acts
could have resulted in unintended physical harm or the threat of physical
harm.
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| General Characteristics |
| Category |
FY 2002-03 |
| Total Releases |
26,599 |
100.0% |
| Gender |
| Male |
24,148 |
90.8% |
| Female |
2,451 |
9.2% |
| Race |
| White |
11,985 |
45.1% |
| Black |
13,974 |
52.5% |
| Other |
640 |
2.4% |
| Age at Release |
| 17 & Under |
35 |
0.1% |
| 18-24 |
5,284 |
19.9% |
| 25-34 |
8,515 |
32.0% |
| 35-49 |
10,818 |
40.7% |
| 50-59 |
1,581 |
5.9% |
| 60+ |
366 |
1.4% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments |
| 0 |
14,044 |
52.9% |
| 1 |
5,542 |
20.9% |
| 2 |
2,912 |
11.0% |
| 3 |
1,815 |
6.8% |
| 4+ |
2,257 |
8.5% |
| Missing |
29 |
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Prison Releases Over Five Years
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| Type of Offense |
Number |
Percent |
Average Sentence Length in Years* |
Average Age at Release |
| Murder, Manslaughter |
878 |
3.3% |
17.8 |
38.0 |
| Sexual offenses |
1,602 |
6.0% |
8.7 |
38.3 |
| Robbery |
2,457 |
9.2% |
7.5 |
31.9 |
| Violent Personal offenses |
3,723 |
14.0% |
3.6 |
34.3 |
| Burglary |
4,240 |
15.9% |
4.8 |
32.7 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud |
3,813 |
14.3% |
2.6 |
35.5 |
| Drug offenses |
7,204 |
27.1% |
2.9 |
34.4 |
| Weapons |
804 |
3.0% |
3.5 |
34.7 |
| Other |
1,878 |
7.1% |
2.3 |
35.8 |
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* Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages.
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