Inmate Releases and Time Served
General Characteristics
of FY 2004-05 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 2004-05 Prison
Releases |
| Category |
Fiscal Year 2004-05 |
| Total Releases |
31,537 |
100.0% |
| Gender |
| Male |
28,301 |
89.7% |
| Female |
3,236 |
10.3% |
| Race |
| White |
14,683 |
46.6% |
| Black |
16,059 |
50.9% |
| Other |
795 |
2.5% |
| Age at Release |
| 17 & Under |
33 |
0.1% |
| 18-24 |
5,703 |
18.1% |
| 25-34 |
10,331 |
32.8% |
| 35-49 |
12,863 |
40.8% |
| 50-59 |
2,154 |
6.8% |
| 60+ |
453 |
1.4% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments |
| 0 |
16,846 |
53.4% |
| 1 |
6,388 |
20.3% |
| 2 |
3,426 |
10.9% |
| 3 |
2,127 |
6.7% |
| 4+ |
2,745 |
8.7% |
| 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 |
815 |
2.6% |
16.8 |
39.0 |
| Sexual offenses |
1,568 |
5.0% |
8.1 |
38.7 |
| Robbery |
2,603 |
8.3% |
7.5 |
32.5 |
| Violent Personal offenses |
4,388 |
13.9% |
3.5 |
35.1 |
| Burglary |
4,621 |
14.7% |
4.7 |
33.3 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud |
4,826 |
15.3% |
2.4 |
35.7 |
| Drug offenses |
9,047 |
28.7% |
2.7 |
34.9 |
| Weapons |
880 |
2.8% |
3.7 |
34.8 |
| Other |
2,789 |
8.8% |
2.2 |
36.1 |
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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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