Time Served on Prison Sentence: Felons First Released to Parole by Offense, Calendar Year 1993

• NCJ Number: 149712
• Author(s): P Burbach; P O'Daniel
• Date Published: 1994
• Length: 24 pages
• Corporate Author: California Dept of Corrections
• Sale Source: California Youth and Adult Correctional Agency; National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

During 1993, 54,213 felon inmates were paroled for the first time from a California Department of Corrections (CDC) institution; the mean time served in CDC institutions and in custody prior to CDC was 21.1 months, while the median time served was 15.6 months.

Abstract

The total mean time served, including time in custody prior to CDC, was 21.4 months for males and 17.1 months for females. Mean and median times served in CDC institutions were 16.7 and 12.1 months, respectively. Mean times served in CDC institutions were 17 months for males and 12.7 months for females. The mean time in custody prior to CDC was 4.4 months for both males and females. The total mean time served for violent offenses was 32.6 months, with males serving 6.7 months longer than females (32.9 months for males and 26.2 months for females). Total mean times served for property offenses, drug offenses, and all other offenses were 18.2, 18.7, and 14.5 months, respectively. Detailed statistical data are provided on felon first releases to parole by offense, felon new admission first releases to parole by offense, and parole violators returned with a new term by offense. 9 tables and 2 figures