Inmate Admissions
Elderly (50 or Older)
Admissions in FY 2004-05
| Category |
FY 2004-05 |
| ELDERLY ADMISSIONS |
2,125 |
100.0% |
| Gender |
| Male |
1,978 |
93.1% |
| Female |
147 |
6.9% |
| Race |
| White |
1,154 |
54.3% |
| Black |
921 |
43.3% |
| Other |
50 |
2.4% |
| Age at Admission |
| 50-55 |
1,408 |
66.3% |
| 56-60 |
431 |
20.3% |
| 61-65 |
177 |
8.3% |
| 66-70 |
67 |
3.2% |
| 71-75 |
31 |
1.5% |
| 76+ |
11 |
0.5% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments |
| 0 |
947 |
44.6% |
| 1 |
385 |
18.1% |
| 2 |
238 |
11.2% |
| 3 |
178 |
8.4% |
| 4+ |
377 |
17.7% |
| 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 |
69 |
3.2% |
26.3 |
57.7 |
| Sexual Offenses |
243 |
11.4% |
14.5 |
57.6 |
| Robbery |
49 |
2.3% |
7.4 |
54.3 |
| Violent Personal Offenses |
271 |
12.8% |
3.9 |
54.7 |
| Burglary |
172 |
8.1% |
4.6 |
53.4 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud |
330 |
15.5% |
2.7 |
54.5 |
| Drug Offenses |
641 |
30.2% |
3.1 |
54.5 |
| Weapons |
58 |
2.7% |
3.4 |
55.9 |
| Other |
292 |
13.7% |
2.5 |
54.4 |
| * Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages. |
