Inmate Population
General Characteristics of Population
| Category |
FY 2010-11 |
| Total Population |
102,319 |
100.0% |
| Gender |
| Male |
95,139 |
93.0% |
| Female |
7,180 |
7.0% |
| Race |
| White |
48,390 |
47.3% |
| Black |
49,686 |
48.6% |
| Other |
4,243 |
4.1% |
| Age at Admission |
| 17 & Under |
276 |
0.3% |
| 18-24 |
15,878 |
15.5% |
| 25-34 |
32,057 |
31.3% |
| 35-49 |
36,616 |
35.8% |
| 50-59 |
13,179 |
12.9% |
| 60+ |
4,313 |
4.2% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments |
| 0 |
56,335 |
55.1% |
| 1 |
20,835 |
20.4% |
| 2 |
10,677 |
10.4% |
| 3 |
6,149 |
6.0% |
| 4+ |
8,301 |
8.1% |
| Data Unavailable |
22 |
|
Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100%.
Primary Offense
 |
| Data unavailable = 130 |
| * 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 |
13,451 |
13.2% |
35.8 |
28.0 |
| Sexual offenses |
11,288 |
11.1% |
22.8 |
33.2 |
| Robbery |
13,497 |
13.2% |
18.7 |
26.1 |
| Violent Personal offenses |
12,269 |
12.0% |
11.5 |
30.6 |
| Burglary |
16,229 |
15.9% |
11.7 |
29.1 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud |
8,077 |
7.9% |
5.8 |
33.9 |
| Drug offenses |
18,751 |
18.4% |
6.6 |
33.0 |
| Weapons |
3,437 |
3.4% |
7.5 |
29.8 |
| Other |
5,190 |
5.1% |
6.0 |
34.9 |
| * Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages. |
| Data unavailable = 130 |