Inmate Admissions
Elderly (50 or Older)
Admissions in FY 2003-04
| Category |
FY 2003-04 |
| TOTAL ADMISSIONS |
1,906 |
100.0% |
| Gender |
| Male |
1,741 |
91.3% |
| Female |
165 |
8.7% |
| Race |
| White |
1,092 |
57.3% |
| Black |
775 |
40.7% |
| Other |
39 |
2.0% |
| Age at Admission |
| 50-55 |
1,282 |
67.3% |
| 56-60 |
362 |
19.0% |
| 61-65 |
173 |
9.1% |
| 66-70 |
62 |
3.3% |
| 71-75 |
20 |
1.0% |
| 76+ |
7 |
0.4% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments |
| 0 |
933 |
49.0% |
| 1 |
314 |
16.5% |
| 2 |
226 |
11.9% |
| 3 |
114 |
6.0% |
| 4+ |
319 |
16.7% |
| Type of Offense |
|
* 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 existed that individual criminal acts could have resulted in unintended physical harm or the threat of physical harm.
| Elderly Inmate Admissions Over Five Years |
|
| Type of Offense |
Number |
Percent |
Average Sentence
Length in Years* |
Average Age at
Admission |
| Murder, Manslaughter |
80 |
4.2% |
22.4 |
57.9 |
| Sexual Offenses |
234 |
12.3% |
12.9 |
57.5 |
| Robbery |
54 |
2.8% |
9.3 |
55.0 |
| Violent Personal Offenses |
244 |
12.8% |
4.9 |
55.0 |
| Burglary |
153 |
8.0% |
5.2 |
53.1 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud |
314 |
16.5% |
2.6 |
54.0 |
| Drug Offenses |
547 |
28.7% |
3.1 |
54.0 |
| Weapons |
61 |
3.2% |
4.2 |
55.4 |
| Other |
219 |
11.5% |
2.5 |
54.7 |
| * Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages. |
