
General Characteristics
| Category | FY 2009-10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Releases | 99,183 | 100.0% |
| Gender | ||
| Males | 74,388 | 75.0% |
| Females | 24,795 | 25.0% |
| Race | ||
| White | 60,682 | 61.2% |
| Black | 33,062 | 33.3% |
| Other | 5,429 | 5.5% |
| Data Unavailable | 10 | 0.0% |
| Age At Release | ||
| 17 & Under | 193 | 0.2% |
| 18-24 | 25,786 | 26.0% |
| 25-34 | 31,595 | 31.9% |
| 35-49 | 29,823 | 30.1% |
| 50-59 | 9,099 | 9.2% |
| 60+ | 2,686 | 2.7% |
| Prior DC Supervision Commitments | ||
| 0 | 53,867 | 54.3% |
| 1 | 23,209 | 23.4% |
| 2 | 10,226 | 10.3% |
| 3 | 5,337 | 5.4% |
| 4+ | 6,544 | 6.6% |
Offense Chart
| Type of Offense | Number | Percent | Average Sentence Length in Years* |
Average Age at Offense |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder, Manslaughter | 527 | 0.5% | 9.7 | 28.8 |
| Sexual offenses | 1,675 | 1.7% | 7.3 | 32.8 |
| Robbery | 2,470 | 2.5% | 4.2 | 24.9 |
| Violent Personal offenses | 13,278 | 13.4% | 2.8 | 32.0 |
| Burglary | 9,264 | 9.3% | 2.9 | 26.4 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud | 24,439 | 24.6% | 2.5 | 30.8 |
| Drug offenses | 32,153 | 32.4% | 2.3 | 31.1 |
| Weapons | 2,537 | 2.6% | 2.4 | 28.6 |
| Other | 12,840 | 12.9% | 2.1 | 34.0 |
| * Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer and life are coded as 50 years for calculation of averages. | ||||
Probation officers routinely partner with local law enforcement on surprise offender sweeps. These Planned Compliance Initiatives ensure offenders are abiding by the law and the offenders who are not, are taken into custody.