Sentence Length of
Current Commitment

• More than one-fourth (27.6%) of current inmates have sentences of three years or less.
  
  
• Whereas the average sentence length of current inmates is 14.6 years, the median sentence length (same number of inmates with sentences above and below that number) is 7.0 years.
  
  
• Over three-fourths (83.1%) of current inmates are serving under the 85% law, which means that for crimes committed on or after October 1, 1995, the inmate has to serve at least 85% of his or her sentence.

Total Sentence Length Of Current Commitment (Inmate Population on June 30, 2006)
Category	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
Six Months or Less	18	0	14	0	5	0	37	0.0%	0.0%
GT Six Months LE 1 Year*	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	0.0%	0.0%
GT 1, LE 2 Years	5,738	1,258	5,811	784	334	78	14,003	15.8%	15.8%
GT 2, LE 3 Years	4,448	584	4,597	454	330	39	10,452	11.8%	27.6%
GT 3, LE 5 Years	6,148	612	6,592	521	384	46	14,303	16.2%	43.8%
GT 5, LE 10 Years	6,961	436	7,366	366	564	56	15,749	17.8%	61.6%
GT 10, LE 20 Years	5,834	267	6,852	179	444	46	13,622	15.4%	77.0%
GT 20 Years or More	8,361	262	10,941	195	615	29	20,403	23.0%	100.0%
Data Unavailable	0	2	0	1	0	0	3
Total	37,510	3,422	42,174	2,500	2,676	294	88,576	100.0%
Average**	14.4	7	15.8	7.1	14.9	9.2	14.6
Median**	7	3	8.4	3	8	5	7

* GT - Greater than, LE - Less than or equal to.
** Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages and medians.