Average Sentence Length for Community Supervision Admissions is 2.4 Years

• The majority (65.8%) of those admitted to community supervision in FY 2009-10 are serving sentences of two years or less.
  
  
• The average sentence length for all those admitted to community supervision in FY 2009-10 is 2.4 years.
  
  
• Those admitted to parole in FY 2009-10 are serving an average sentence length of 5.7 years, while those on pretrial intervention serve an average of 1.3 years.
  
  
• The average sentence length for parole has decreased since last fiscal year from 5.8 to 5.7 years.
  

Sentence Length
Category	Original Sentence				Post-Prison Release				Total	Percent
Primary Offense	Probation	Drug Offender Probation	Community Control	Pretrial Intervention	Parole	Conditional Release	Addiction Recovery	Other Post-Prison Release
1 Year or Less	15,140	686	628	4,544	125	3,591	1,620	18	26,352	27.9%
GT 1, LE 2 Yrs.*	21,332	5,221	2,722	5,710	178	565	46	1	35,775	37.9%
GT 2, LE 3 Yrs.	11,093	2,514	1,477	88	163	252	43	0	15,630	16.6%
GT 3, LE 4 Yrs.	3,183	592	1,012	12	85	52	12	1	4,949	5.2%
GT 4, LE 5 Yrs.	5,363	708	1,198	26	57	88	3	0	7,443	7.9%
GT 5, LE 10 Yrs.	1,995	194	685	0	112	131	1	3	3,121	3.3%
GT 10, LE 20 Yrs.	512	12	134	0	60	78	0	1	797	0.8%
GT 20, LE 30 Yrs.	62	0	7	0	16	14	0	0	99	0.1%
GT 30, LE 40 Yrs.	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0.0%
GT 40, LE 50 Yrs.	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0.0%
Over 50 Yrs.	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	9	0.0%
Life	16	0	6	0	19	0	0	0	41	0.0%
Data Unavailable	102	1	14	5	16	16	5	1	160	0.1%
Total	58,805	9,928	7,885	10,385	842	4,787	1,730	25	94,387	100.0%
Average**	2.5	2.5	3.4	1.3	5.7	1.2	0.3	2.0	2.4
Median	2.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.2	2.0
* 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.