Sentence Length of
Current Commitment

• More than one-fourth (28.3%) of current inmates have sentences of three years or less.
  
  
• Whereas the average sentence length of current inmates is 14.5 years, the median sentence length (same number of inmates with sentences above and below that number) is 7.0 years.
  
  
• Over three-fourths (86.3%) 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, 2007)
Category	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
Six Months or Less	75	0	70	0	8	0	153	0.2%	0.2%
GT Six Months LE 1 Year*	5	0	4	0	0	0	9	0.0%	0.2%
GT 1, LE 2 Years	6,368	1,444	6,204	801	417	53	15,287	16.5%	16.6%
GT 2, LE 3 Years	4,455	625	4,940	419	371	48	10,858	11.7%	28.3%
GT 3, LE 5 Years	6,290	636	6,787	492	437	49	14,691	15.8%	44.2%
GT 5, LE 10 Years	7,173	494	7,609	390	623	53	16,342	17.6%	61.8%
GT 10, LE 20 Years	6,171	283	7,104	195	500	47	14,300	15.4%	77.2%
GT 20 Years or More	8,623	282	11,388	207	666	32	21,198	22.8%	100.0%
Data Unavailable	3	0	3	0	0	0	6
Total	39,163	3,764	44,109	2,504	3,022	282	92,844	100.0%
Average**	14.3	6.8	15.7	7.4	14.5	10.0	14.5
Median**	7.0	3.0	8.0	3.3	7.7	5.0	7.0

* 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.