Inmate Releases and Time Served
General Characteristics
of Releases
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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 Prison
Releases |
| Category |
Fiscal Year 2007-08 |
| Total Releases |
37,018 |
100.0% |
| Gender |
| Male |
32,749 |
88.5% |
| Female |
4,269 |
11.5% |
| Race |
| White |
18,166 |
49.1% |
| Black |
17,692 |
47.8% |
| Other |
1,160 |
3.1% |
| Age at Release |
| 17 & Under |
56 |
0.2% |
| 18-24 |
6,074 |
16.4% |
| 25-34 |
12,066 |
32.6% |
| 35-49 |
14,675 |
39.6% |
| 50-59 |
3,459 |
9.3% |
| 60+ |
688 |
1.9% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments |
| 0 |
20,105 |
54.3% |
| 1 |
7,589 |
20.5% |
| 2 |
3,939 |
10.7% |
| 3 |
2,244 |
6.1% |
| 4+ |
3,124 |
8.4% |
| Unknown |
17 |
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Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100%.
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Inmates Releases Compared Over Five Years
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| Type of Offense |
Number |
Percent |
Average Sentence Length in Years* |
Average Age at Release |
| Murder, Manslaughter |
761 |
2.1% |
18 |
41.7 |
| Sexual Offenses |
1,600 |
4.3% |
9 |
40.4 |
| Robbery |
2,254 |
6.1% |
7.6 |
33.6 |
| Violent Personal Offenses |
4,996 |
13.5% |
3.4 |
35.3 |
| Burglary |
4,903 |
13.3% |
4.2 |
33.9 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud |
5,733 |
15.5% |
2.3 |
36.4 |
| Drug Offenses |
11,289 |
30.5% |
2.6 |
35.6 |
| Weapons |
1,126 |
3.0% |
3 |
34.1 |
| Other |
4,354 |
11.8% |
2 |
37.2 |
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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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