Inmate Releases and Time Served
General Characteristics
of FY 2003-04 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 of FY 2003-04 Prison
Releases |
| Category |
Fiscal Year 2003-04 |
| Total Releases |
29,082 |
100.0% |
| Gender |
| Male |
26,199 |
90.1% |
| Female |
2,883 |
9.9% |
| Race |
| White |
13,485 |
46.4% |
| Black |
14,889 |
51.2% |
| Other |
708 |
2.4% |
| Age at Release |
| 17 & Under |
49 |
0.2% |
| 18-24 |
5,680 |
19.5% |
| 25-34 |
9,379 |
32.3% |
| 35-49 |
11,706 |
40.3% |
| 50-59 |
1,822 |
6.3% |
| 60+ |
446 |
1.5% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments |
| 0 |
15,549 |
53.5% |
| 1 |
5,939 |
20.4% |
| 2 |
3,190 |
11.0% |
| 3 |
1,897 |
6.5% |
| 4+ |
2,502 |
8.6% |
| Missing |
5 |
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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 |
804 |
2.8% |
16.8 |
39.1 |
| Sexual offenses |
1,499 |
5.2% |
8.8 |
39.0 |
| Robbery |
2,467 |
8.5% |
7.7 |
32.3 |
| Violent Personal offenses |
4,113 |
14.1% |
4.2 |
34.4 |
| Burglary |
4,458 |
15.3% |
4.6 |
33.0 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud |
4,344 |
14.9% |
2.4 |
35.4 |
| Drug offenses |
8,229 |
28.3% |
2.8 |
34.5 |
| Weapons |
893 |
3.1% |
3.6 |
34.1 |
| Other |
2,275 |
7.8% |
2.3 |
35.7 |
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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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