Inmate Releases and Time Served
General Characteristics
of FY 2005-06 Releases
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Inmate Releases by Type of Offense
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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 2005-06 Prison
Releases |
| Category |
Fiscal Year 2005-06 |
| Total Releases |
33,348 |
100.0% |
| Gender |
| Male |
29,808 |
89.4% |
| Female |
3,540 |
10.6% |
| Race |
| White |
16,005 |
48.0% |
| Black |
16,343 |
49.0% |
| Other |
1,000 |
3.0% |
| Age at Release |
| 17 & Under |
35 |
0.1% |
| 18-24 |
5,716 |
17.1% |
| 25-34 |
11,025 |
33.1% |
| 35-49 |
13,457 |
40.4% |
| 50-59 |
2,590 |
7.8% |
| 60+ |
525 |
1.6% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments |
| 0 |
17,749 |
53.2% |
| 1 |
7,163 |
21.5% |
| 2 |
3,512 |
10.5% |
| 3 |
2,082 |
6.2% |
| 4+ |
2,837 |
8.5% |
| Unknown |
5 |
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Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100%.
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Inmates Releases Over Five Years
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| Type of Offense |
Number |
Percent |
Average Sentence Length in Years* |
Average Age at Release |
| Murder, Manslaughter |
775 |
2.30% |
16.9 |
39.6 |
| Sexual offenses |
1,645 |
4.90% |
8.7 |
39.6 |
| Robbery |
2,402 |
7.20% |
7.6 |
33.2 |
| Violent Personal offenses |
4,602 |
13.80% |
3.4 |
34.9 |
| Burglary |
4,729 |
14.20% |
4.4 |
33.6 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud |
5,108 |
15.30% |
2.3 |
35.9 |
| Drug offenses |
9,821 |
29.50% |
2.7 |
35.3 |
| Weapons |
984 |
3.00% |
3.7 |
34.5 |
| Other |
3,282 |
9.80% |
2.1 |
36.4 |
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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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