Statistical Data
    
General Data
Inmates Under Bureau Jurisdiction
Total................................................................... 122,316
In Bureau Institutions......................................... 108,207
In contract Facilities*......................................... 14,109

 
* Includes Federal inmates in privately-operated community corrections centers, detention centers, and prisons; Federal inmates in State and local correctional and detention facilities; and Federal juvenile offenders in contract facilities.
Sentenced........................................................... 89.8%
Unsentenced....................................................... 10.2%
Staff to Inmate Ratio.......................................... 1:3.6
   
Inmate Characteristics
Average Age...................................................... 37
Gender
Male................................................................... 92.5%
Female............................................................... 7.5%
Race
White................................................................. 57.8%
Black................................................................. 38.9%
Other................................................................. 3.3%
Ethnicity
Hispanic.............................................................. 29.9%
Non-Hispanic...................................................... 70.1%
Citizenship
U.S.................................................................... 72.4%
Mexico............................................................... 12.8%
Colombia............................................................ 3.7%
Cuba.................................................................. 2.4%
Dominican Republic............................................ 2.0%
Jamaica.............................................................. 1.3%
Nigeria............................................................... 0.5%
Other................................................................. 5.0%
Type of Commitments
U.S.Code........................................................... 96.4%
Probation Violation............................................. 1.4%
Parole Violation.................................................. 0.8%
DC Superior Court............................................. 0.7%
State, Territorial.................................................. 0.7%
Median Months Expected to Be Served
All offenses......................................................... 68
Drug offenses...................................................... 82
Robbery.............................................................. 99
Property offenses................................................ 51
Extortion, fraud, and bribery................................ 23
Homicide, aggravated assault, kidnapping............ 134
Firearms, explosives, arson................................. 68
White-collar offenses.......................................... 15
Immigration......................................................... 26
Courts or corrections.......................................... 26
National security................................................. 78
Continuing criminal enterprises............................. 192
Security Level
Minimum............................................................. 27.5%
Low................................................................... 35.6%
Medium.............................................................. 23.3%
High................................................................... 13.7%
     
Statistics by Inmate Security Level
MIN LOW MED HIGH
Sentence Length        
Median sentence length....................................... 60 78 120 180
Sentence Imposed (as % of Population)        
Under 1 year...................................................... 4.0% 1.5% 0.4% 0.2%
1-3 years........................................................... 23.9% 14.0% 5.7% 1.3%
3-5 years........................................................... 19.1% 16.3% 8.7% 3.0%
5-10 years......................................................... 34.0% 32.7% 28.8% 16.5%
10-15 years....................................................... 15.7% 21.9% 23.0% 18.7%
15-20 years....................................................... 2.5% 7.7% 14.9% 15.3%
Over 20 years.................................................... 0.8% 5.4% 17.7% 27.6%
Life sentence...................................................... 0.1% 0.5% 0.9% 17.3%
Offense (as % of Population)        
Drug offenses..................................................... 67.3% 63.7% 54.8% 39.5%
Robbery............................................................. 0.9% 5.4% 13.1% 26.2%
Property offenses................................................ 7.5% 5.1% 4.7% 6.0%
Extortion, bribery, fraud...................................... 13.7% 3.2% 1.8% 0.8%
Homicide, aggravated assault, kidnapping............ 0.4% 1.9% 3.4% 8.5%
Arms, explosives, arson...................................... 5.7% 6.8% 14.3% 13.8%
All others........................................................... 4.5% 13.9% 7.9% 5.2%
              
Personnel        
Personnel............................................................ 30,602      
Gender        
Male.................................................................. 73.1%      
Female............................................................... 26.9%      
Race/Ethnicity        
White................................................................. 66.9%      
African American................................................ 19.7%      
Hispanic............................................................. 10.1%      
Other................................................................. 3.3%      
Education        
High School....................................................... 34.0%      
Technical school................................................. 4.4%      
Some college..................................................... 31.5%      
Bachelor's degree............................................... 19.3%      
Some graduate work.......................................... 2.5%      
Master's degree.................................................. 4.9%      
Pf.D................................................................... 1.7%      
Advanced professional degree............................ 1.8%      
Age        
18-2.................................................................. 1.6%      
25-29................................................................ 12.3%      
30-34................................................................ 24.4%      
35-39................................................................ 27.4%      
40-44................................................................ 18.8%      
45-49................................................................ 10.2%      
50-55................................................................ 4.5%      
Older than 55..................................................... 0.9%      

   
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