Inmate Population
General Characteristics of Population
| Category |
FY 2009-10 |
| Total Population |
102,232 |
100.0% |
| Gender |
| Male |
95,088 |
93.0% |
| Female |
7,144 |
7.0% |
| Race |
| White |
47,602 |
46.6% |
| Black |
50,442 |
49.3% |
| Other |
4,188 |
4.1% |
| Age at Admission |
| 17 & Under |
355 |
0.3% |
| 18-24 |
16,095 |
15.7% |
| 25-34 |
31,998 |
31.3% |
| 35-49 |
37,398 |
36.6% |
| 50-59 |
12,491 |
12.2% |
| 60+ |
3,895 |
3.8% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments |
| 0 |
56,258 |
55.0% |
| 1 |
20,515 |
20.1% |
| 2 |
10,824 |
10.6% |
| 3 |
6,228 |
6.1% |
| 4+ |
8,390 |
8.2% |
| Data Unavailable |
17 |
|
Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100%.
Primary Offense
 |
| Data unavailable = 94 |
| * 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. |
Prison Population on June 30
Compared Over Five Years
 |
| Type of Offense |
Number |
Percent |
Average Sentence
Length in Years* |
Average Age
at Offense |
| Murder, Manslaughter |
13,138 |
12.9% |
35.7 |
28.1 |
| Sexual offenses |
11,122 |
10.9% |
22.5 |
33.0 |
| Robbery |
13,231 |
13.0% |
18.6 |
26.1 |
| Violent Personal offenses |
12,338 |
12.1% |
11.2 |
30.3 |
| Burglary |
15,706 |
15.4% |
11.7 |
29.1 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud |
8,261 |
8.1% |
4.8 |
33.8 |
| Drug offenses |
19,414 |
19.0% |
6.4 |
32.7 |
| Weapons |
3,302 |
3.2% |
7.5 |
29.7 |
| Other |
5,626 |
5.4% |
5.6 |
34.7 |
| * Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages. |
| Data unavailable = 94 |