Average Sentence Length for Community Supervision Admissions is 2.4 Years

• The majority (65.6%) of those admitted to community supervision in FY 2010-11 are serving sentences of two years or less.
  
  
• The average sentence length for all those admitted to community supervision in FY 2010-11 is 2.4 years.
  
  
• Those admitted to parole in FY 2010-11 are serving an average sentence length of 6.3 years, while those on pretrial intervention serve an average of 1.3 years.
  
  
• The average sentence length for parole has increased since last fiscal year from 5.7 to 6.3 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	14,789	690	630	4,590	113	3,496	1,507	18	25,833	28.0%
GT 1, LE 2 Yrs.*	20,185	5,263	2,523	5,938	160	561	46	3	34,679	37.6%
GT 2, LE 3 Yrs.	10,796	2,635	1,358	90	131	250	27	3	15,290	16.6%
GT 3, LE 4 Yrs.	2,947	587	987	11	72	58	5	3	4,670	5.1%
GT 4, LE 5 Yrs.	5,456	750	1,107	37	72	131	4	1	7,558	8.2%
GT 5, LE 10 Yrs.	2,076	154	648	2	103	193	5	2	3,183	3.5%
GT 10, LE 20 Yrs.	494	18	104	0	42	85	0	4	747	0.8%
GT 20, LE 30 Yrs.	62	1	4	0	11	13	0	1	92	0.1%
GT 30, LE 40 Yrs.	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	0.0%
GT 40, LE 50 Yrs.	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	0.0%
Over 50 Yrs.	7	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	16	0.0%
Life	11	0	7	0	24	0	0	0	42	0.0%
Data Unavailable	76	1	10	3	15	19	7	1	132	0.1%
Total	56,908	10,099	7,379	10,671	758	4,806	1,601	36	92,258	100.0%
Average**	2.5	2.5	3.4	1.3	6.3	1.3	0.3	3.9	2.4
Median	2.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	2.9	0.4	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.