
| Type of Offense |
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Data Unavailable = 1 * 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 2011-12 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Releases | 34,463 | 100.0% |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 30,606 | 88.8% |
| Female | 3,857 | 11.2% |
| Race | ||
| White | 17,497 | 50.8% |
| Black | 15,617 | 45.3% |
| Other | 1,349 | 3.9% |
| Age at Release | ||
| 17 & Under | 51 | 0.2% |
| 18-24 | 6,166 | 17.9% |
| 25-34 | 11,893 | 34.5% |
| 35-49 | 11,561 | 33.5% |
| 50-59 | 3,870 | 11.2% |
| 60+ | 922 | 2.7% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments | ||
| 0 | 18,786 | 54.5% |
| 1 | 7,305 | 21.2% |
| 2 | 3,524 | 10.2% |
| 3 | 2,011 | 5.8% |
| 4+ | 2,823 | 8.2% |
| Data Unavailable | 14 | |
Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100%.
| Inmates Releases Compared Over Five Years |
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| Release by Offense Type for FY 2011-12 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of Offense | Number | Percent | Average Sentence Length in Years |
Average Age at Release |
| Murder, Manslaughter | 801 | 2.3% | 18.8 | 41.4 |
| Sexual Offenses | 1,602 | 4.7% | 9.0 | 41.9 |
| Robbery | 2,618 | 7.6% | 7.5 | 32.4 |
| Violent Personal Offenses | 4,889 | 14.2% | 3.8 | 35.8 |
| Burglary | 5,688 | 16.5% | 4.2 | 32.6 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud | 5,170 | 15.0% | 2.6 | 36.8 |
| Drug Offenses | 9,232 | 26.8% | 3.1 | 36.1 |
| Weapons | 1,424 | 4.1% | 3.2 | 33.1 |
| Other | 3,038 | 8.8% | 2.7 | 38.6 |
| Data Unavailable | 1 | |||