THE SAD SAD STATISTICS OF A SYSTEM THAT IS BROKEN

Inmates By Security Level

Minimum: 18.7 %

Low: 39.4 %

Medium: 25.5 %

High: 10.4 %

Unclassified1: 5.8 %

Inmates By Gender

Male: 168,977 (93.2 %)
Female: 12,290 (6.8 %)

Inmates By Race
White: 102,681 (56.6 %)
Black: 72,530 (40.0 %)
Native American: 3,136 (1.7 %)
Asian: 2,920 (1.6 %)
EthnicityHispanic: 58,287 (32.2 %)

Inmate Age

Average Inmate Age: 37

Citizenship

United States: 129,442 (71.4 %)
Mexico: 31,143 (17.2 %)
Colombia: 3,484 (1.9 %)
Cuba: 1,969 (1.1 %)
Dominican Republic: 3,489 (1.9 %)
Other/Unknown: 11,740 (6.5 %)

Sentence Imposed
Less than 1 year: 3,325 (2.0 %)
1-3 years: 23,441 (14.2 %)
3-5 years: 26,551 (16.1 %)
5-10 years: 47,627 (28.9 %)
10-15 years: 29,281 (17.8 %)
15-20 years: 13,969 (8.5 %)
More than 20 years: 15,046 (9.1 %)
Life: 5,294 (3.2 %)
Death1: 31