Inmate Admissions
Youthful (17 or under at offense) Admissions in FY 2006-07
| Category |
FY 2006-07 |
| YOUTHFUL ADMISSIONS |
1,372 |
100.0% |
| Gender |
| Male |
1,325 |
96.6% |
| Female |
47 |
3.4% |
| Race |
| White |
461 |
33.6% |
| Black |
871 |
63.5% |
| Other |
40 |
2.9% |
| Age at Offense |
| 12 or younger |
3 |
0.2% |
| 13 |
7 |
0.5% |
| 14 |
37 |
2.7% |
| 15 |
110 |
8.0% |
| 16 |
419 |
30.5% |
| 17 |
796 |
58.0% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments |
| 0 |
1,150 |
83.8% |
| 1 |
202 |
14.7% |
| 2 |
13 |
0.9% |
| 3 |
7 |
0.5% |
Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100%.
| 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 existed that individual criminal acts could have resulted in unintended physical harm or the threat of physical harm.
| Youthful (17 or under) Admissions Over Five Years |

|
| Type of Offense |
Number |
Percent |
Average Sentence
Length in Years* |
Average Age at Offense |
| Murder, Manslaughter |
96 |
7.0% |
21.4 |
16.8 |
| Sexual Offenses |
59 |
4.3% |
10.6 |
16.3 |
| Robbery |
320 |
23.3% |
6.3 |
16.9 |
| Violent Personal Offenses |
263 |
19.2% |
4.8 |
16.9 |
| Burglary |
306 |
22.3% |
4.2 |
17.1 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud |
70 |
5.1% |
2.6 |
17.0 |
| Drug Offenses |
169 |
12.3% |
2.8 |
17.3 |
| Weapons |
42 |
3.1% |
3.2 |
17.1 |
| Other |
47 |
3.4% |
2.1 |
17.0 |
| * Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages. |