Average Sentence Length for Community Supervision Admissions is 2.3 Years

• The majority (67.7%) of those admitted to community supervision in FY 2007-08 are serving sentences of two years or less.
  
  
• The average sentence length for all those admitted to community supervision in FY 2007-08 is 2.3 years.
  
  
• Those admitted to parole in FY 2007-08 are serving an average sentence length of 6.2 years, while those on pretrial intervention serve an average of 1.3 years.
  
  
• The average sentence length for parole has increased since last fiscal year from 5.7 to 6.2 years.
  

Sentence Length
Primary Offense	Original Sentence				Post-Prison Release				Total	Percent
	Probation	Drug Offender Probation	Community Control	Pretrial Intervention	Parole	Conditional Release	Addiction Recovery Supervision	Other Post-Prison Release
1 Year or Less	15,422	848	830	5,068	125	3,889	2,013	22	28,217	26.2%
GT 1, LE 2 Yrs.*	28,284	6,753	2,867	6,026	161	592	61	4	44,748	41.5%
GT 2, LE 3 Yrs.	12,987	3,114	1,553	68	141	189	41	2	18,095	16.8%
GT 3, LE 4 Yrs.	3,094	674	984	9	76	80	10	0	4,927	4.6%
GT 4, LE 5 Yrs.	5,607	627	1,213	15	68	89	4	1	7,624	7.1%
GT 5, LE 10 Yrs.	2,107	136	668	1	110	176	2	1	3,201	3.0%
GT 10, LE 20 Yrs.	450	20	144	0	60	81	0	0	755	0.7%
GT 20, LE 30 Yrs.	71	2	10	0	11	7	0	0	101	0.1%
GT 30, LE 40 Yrs.	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0.0%
GT 40, LE 50 Yrs.	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0.0%
Over 50 Yrs.	6	0	1	0	13	0	0	1	21	0.0%
Life	17	0	2	0	19	0	0	0	38	0.0%
Data Unavailable	54	0	5	4	22	31	8	1	125
TOTAL	68,102	12,174	8,277	11,191	812	5,134	2,139	32	107,861	100.0%
Average**	2.5	2.4	3.3	1.3	6.2	1.1	0.3	2.6	2.3
Median	2	2	2.5	1.5	3	0.3	0.1	0.2	2
* GT = greater than and LE = less than or equal to **Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, and life are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages.