Inmate Releases and Time Served
General Characteristics
of FY 2006-07 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 2006-07 Prison
Releases |
| Category |
Fiscal Year 2006-07 |
| Total Releases |
35,337 |
100.0% |
| Gender |
| Male |
31,263 |
88.5% |
| Female |
4,074 |
11.5% |
| Race |
| White |
17,299 |
49.0% |
| Black |
16,979 |
48.0% |
| Other |
1,059 |
3.0% |
| Unknown |
0 |
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| Age at Release |
| 17 & Under |
39 |
0.1% |
| 18-24 |
5,958 |
16.9% |
| 25-34 |
11,513 |
32.6% |
| 35-49 |
14,197 |
40.2% |
| 50-59 |
3,037 |
8.6% |
| 60+ |
593 |
1.7% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments |
| 0 |
19,316 |
54.7% |
| 1 |
7,152 |
20.3% |
| 2 |
3,747 |
10.6% |
| 3 |
2,120 |
6.0% |
| 4+ |
2,983 |
8.5% |
| Unknown |
19 |
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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 |
702 |
2.0% |
17.8 |
40.7 |
| Sexual Offenses |
1,611 |
4.6% |
8.5 |
39.8 |
| Robbery |
2,276 |
6.4% |
7.7 |
33.6 |
| Violent Personal Offenses |
4,756 |
13.5% |
3.5 |
35.3 |
| Burglary |
4,858 |
13.8% |
4.3 |
33.5 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud |
5,431 |
15.4% |
2.3 |
36.3 |
| Drug Offenses |
10,611 |
30.0% |
2.6 |
35.3 |
| Weapons |
1,069 |
3.0% |
3.1 |
34.7 |
| Other |
4,023 |
11.4% |
2.0 |
37.0 |
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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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