
| Type of Offense |
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Data unavailable = 0 * 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. |
| General Characteristics of Prison Releases | ||
| Category | FY 2009-2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Releases | 36,463 | 100.0% |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 32,390 | 88.8% |
| Female | 4,073 | 11.2% |
| Race | ||
| White | 17,920 | 49.2% |
| Black | 17,171 | 47.1% |
| Other | 1,372 | 3.7% |
| Age at Release | ||
| 17 & Under | 69 | 0.2% |
| 18-24 | 6,363 | 17.5% |
| 25-34 | 12,249 | 33.6% |
| 35-49 | 13,136 | 36.0% |
| 50-59 | 3,840 | 10.5% |
| 60+ | 806 | 2.2% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments | ||
| 0 | 20,105 | 55.2% |
| 1 | 7,522 | 20.6% |
| 2 | 3,730 | 10.2% |
| 3 | 2,074 | 5.7% |
| 4+ | 3,006 | 8.3% |
| Missing | 26 | |
Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100%.
| 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 | 758 | 2.1% | 18.1 | 42.0 |
| Sexual Offenses | 1,572 | 4.3% | 8.9 | 41.1 |
| Robbery | 2,419 | 6.6% | 7.3 | 32.4 |
| Violent Personal Offenses | 5,046 | 13.8% | 3.5 | 35.1 |
| Burglary | 5,161 | 14.2% | 4.1 | 33.3 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud | 5,636 | 15.5% | 2.3 | 36.6 |
| Drug Offenses | 10,513 | 28.8% | 2.8 | 35.6 |
| Weapons | 1,354 | 3.7% | 3.1 | 33.6 |
| Other | 4,004 | 11.0% | 2.3 | 38.0 |
| Data Unavailable | 0 |